Top 5 ways to hustle free drinks. A beginner's guide to the art of the bar/pub proposition bet.

Many presidential "firsts" possible in 2008. The 2008 presidential field presents a veritable cornucopia of potential firsts – a woman, an African-American, a Hispanic, a Mormon, and, representing the attribute perhaps most sensitive for discussion, a top contender who would be the oldest person ever to assume the American presidency.

I guess that makes it half interesting Canadian start-up demos half of the first commercial quantum computer.

Duh! Wondered why mine still functions after the bashing it's had. Now i know why.

Australian National Public Toilet Map Now that's handy. via growabrain more inside

Caveat Emailum Subject lines used in the attack are many and varied, but all pose as a romantic message. Some of them include: 'A Valentine Love Song', 'Be My Valentine', 'Fly Away Valentine', 'For My Valentine' and 'Happy Valentine's Day'. The worm is attached to the emails in files called 'flash postcard.exe', 'greeting postcard.exe', 'greeting card.exe', or 'postcard.exe'. more inside

Chocolate, champagne, romantic dinner whilst watching animals mate in captivity [...] Jane Tollini (a former penguin keeper at the San Francisco Zoo) conceived the idea two decades ago while watching her penguins' courtship ritual, which culminates in what she describes as "bowling pins making love." "The keepers get there early and we see things that other people don't see," Tollini said. "And I went, 'My God, that's fascinating.' You know the old Peter Sellers line, 'I like to watch?' You kind of go, 'Oh my, my, my. How big? How many? How far?' It was unbelievable." [...]

YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF GODDAMN SHEEP. Gizmodo attempts to look more authentic, less like a press release revolving door. Baby Jesus throws up in his mouth a little.

Carl Linnaeus is 300. 2007 is the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, aka Carl von Linné, the father of modern plant and animal classification, who provided a survey of over 7,000 species of plants and 4,000 species of animals, which works helped to establish and standardize the consistent binomial nomenclature for species. more inside

Why Take Drugs When you Can Have Maths? (and a camera)

Art for sale, cheap-ish. Phineas X. Jones is a painter, photographer, web designer. He needs to sell some art for health reasons, and he's going cheap. Here's his price list.

Air Monkey! more inside

Lamilite neutralizes water! Outdoors gear peddler and crazy-ass objectivist Jerry Wigutow wades chestdeep into the crazy with his most recent newsletter. It's nothing new. more inside

Curious George: Scanning 1000 same-size photos. I'm about to scan most of my family's old print photos to pass around on DVD+R, and many of them are the same size prints. more inside

Feng Shui goodness, monkey style.

Cupidinous George II Oh MonkeyFilter, me love you long time! Well, it seems that old Cupid has forsaken us this year, so Simian XX is stepping up to the plate! more inside

Curious George: cat-piss annoyance Feline-loving monkeys please help ... One of our cats keeps peeing in her basket ... more inside

Learn To Speak Body [youtube] will teach you how to understand people at a party without words. more inside

A Man's Home is his Castle Cabin. Having run out of furs, Canadians will now ship out log cabins to the UK. A perfect fit -- be seeing you, eh?

When Harry Met Betty The history of cake has been long and varied, and many have interesting histories. Some are misleadingly named. However, few have had as mysterious and interesting a history as one of the 20th century's most famous cakes, the Chiffon. From the always wonderful Rake Magazine. more inside