Kaleidoscopes! Everything about kaleidoscopes. Brief history of the kaleidoscope. A quick faq about kaleidoscopes. How kaleidoscopes work. More on how kaleidoscopes work. more inside

Gods Armour Pyjamas - no really. With 121 days till Xmas, its the ideal prezzie for scared suburban bible-thumping, intelligent design-weilding,bug-eyed neo-con zionist dogma-monkeys. There. Said it. Via Cliff Pickover's Reality Carnival

Google Games Fire up your search engine for some rather fun games that might actually improve those googling powers. My favorite is Gwigle.

Curious George the Frosh. The ceeb has put together a sorta-lame Frosh Survival Guide. Now, many of us monkeys have hid from reality spent tuition money on drugs and stereos some time at uni or college -- what do you wish someone had told you before you shipped off? What pearls of wisdom can you now impart?

That's no moon! Um, well, actually...

My kind of wake. I don't think this needs further description. But it would enliven the proceedings.

"The Special Needs" or "The Needs" as they were later called, are the best "up and coming" Rock n' Roll band that you will never have the opportunity see live. more inside

Creem archive Lester Bangs, Cameron Crowe, Nick Kent, you know.

Web2DNA Convert your website to DNA Art. Also Websites as Graphs.

Used FAQs. A random roundup of frequently asked questions: Do vasectomies and hysterectomies prevent abductions? Will I get to meet Barbra Streisand? Do I have to be naked all the time??

Culturally Competent George: So, my wife and I are on the cusp of a major move to the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Reservation in South Dakota... more inside

Polygamists hold rally in Salt Lake City in which mostly teens defend their polygynous upbringing and desire to enter into polygynous marriages. more inside

Advice for the marrying man from Forbes.com "Guys: A word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you do, don't marry a woman with a career." more inside

Long and awkward- Wanna know the real reason your camera records video? It’s so you can enjoy a good laugh while making friends and loved ones look silly. more inside

Pass the jar please What would you do to lose weight, or avoid gaining it? Hedi Slimane, a menswear designer at Christian Dior , has his own secret. At least two British jounalists experimented with it. They're not the only ones.

Curious George: Do You Know How It Feels? Does anyone know the identity of the man...woman...PERSON that appears around 2:44? I'm googled out and am looking for little humpables to help me out.

Sainte Marie among the Hurons, 1639-1649. At the time, Sainte Marie was the largest European settlement west of Montreal. Home of the Canadian Martyrs and a famous Christmas Carol, it served (much later) as the basis of an excellent film. In 1649 the village was burned to prevent its loss to the Iroquois, and the inhabitants moved to Christian Island before returning to Quebec. Yesterday, starting with a fire in the smithy, the village burned again.

Vespa pin-up girls A site with Vespas! And pin-up girls!

Acoustic location was used from mid-WW1 to the early years of WW2 for the passive detection of aircraft by picking up the noise of the engines. It was rendered obsolete before and during WW2 by the introduction of radar, which was far more effective. The Sound Mirrors Project attempts to reinvent this technology for the 21st Century with the help of modern age communications. See this page (via this post) for more information on sound mirrors.

Coleridge family sells out.