Situation Vacant - The Throne. Weak Chin? Sense of superiority? Trace your lineage back to 1066? Then English Heritage want to hear from you. You could be the next king / queen of Olde Englande.

Owlin' Mad more inside

Curious George Washington: MoFiDC meetup? I'm in my hometown of DC through next Thursday (the 18th). My old friend speedlime has recently started posting more, and we decided to see if we could lure some DC-area monkeys out of hiding. more inside

Loonies found with bugging devices. Recorded sounds include thanks from buskers, insides of parking meters, and strippers demanding bills only.

CornerPocket is a portraiture business offering drawings of men’s balls. *NSFW*

In India's north-eastern state of Meghalaya, women who bear more than 15 children are being rewarded with cash. Not to worry about India's problems with overpopulation, “We have no option but to increase our Khasi population to control the pressure of outsiders coming to our land.”

Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon, for some the painting that marked the birth of modern art is 100 years old. more inside

A word on aphrodisiacs, including Bremelanotide, the "only known synthetic aphrodisiac." A word from its makers (and from its guinea pigs), and a word of warning (see point 15).

A periodic table of visualization methods Hovering over an entry should float an example of that method. more inside

If a Boeing 767 runs out of fuel at 41,000 feet what do you have? Answer: A 132 ton glider. Who says commercial jetliners cannot glide? "The Gimli Glider" successfully pulled it off, and the failure of its nose wheel to deploy even saved lives. [last link = pdf] more inside

Apple unveils iPhone and Apple TV What do we think? Will you buy them? Will the new rollouts be another iPod or another (shudder) Zune? Warning: Discusses Apple Products

Jill Greenburg's monkey portraits and more, and more. more inside

Visual dictionary. Or spell it with Flickr.

Curious Intranets George I've been handed the poison chalice of putting together an intranet for work... more inside

Monkey, know thyself I give you the omniscient quantcast.com

Darius Turner: photography from Australia. Images to leave home for. more inside

Comet McNaught (a surprise comet) , has become a naked-eye object. If you have a clear view of the W-WSW horizon line, you can see it just after sunset. A map is available on the Skytonight.com homepage. Each night the comet will appear closer to the sun (and thus more difficult to see). It will round the sun later this month and then reemerge - each night/morning getting a bit farther from the sun (and thus easier to see). It may appear even brighter then. more inside

Raising the Dead: Two years ago today, Dave Shaw lost his life at the bottom of Boesmansgat ("Bushman's Hole"), one of the world's deepest freshwater caves, while trying to recover the body of a diver who had died in it ten years earlier. more inside

Stephen Hawking to be launched into space.

Memorynet is a collection of memories from the North East (of England). (Flash desirable) Themes such as superstitions and traditions are worth a look.