Interview with Christine Daniels. Christine Daniels is the Los Angeles Times's newest sports columnist. Well, she's not exactly new. As Mike Penner, she joined the Times 23 years ago to write about sports and became one of the paper's most respected columnists. But on April 26, Daniels told readers that Mike Penner was going on vacation and would return as Christine Daniels. Fascinating. more inside

Curious George: Heave-ho hovel - does anybody have experience with selling a house without a realtor? Any words of warning or hot tips? more inside

Curious George without a green thumb. I need help with shubbery. more inside

Drastic culling of badgers (to the point of extinction in places) has not reduced Bovine TB in Ireland, according to a report published by Badger Watch Ireland and the Badger Trust. (full version - pdf) The NFU favours a targeted cull in the UK and there are signs that it will soon get its way, although there are good reasons to think a selective cull does more harm than good.

I'm coming up so you better get this party started. Everything you ever wanted to know about Brood XIII. And then some.

Bare hand live line work [video] is not a job for the squeamish. Power companies have found that it's cheaper to put workers directly on high-voltage lines, rather than shut off the power for repairs. The result -- a new high-adrenalin and hair-raising occupation. [idea via] more inside

Jiggaboo Jones (NSFW-language in most of these links.) Cheating at dice, cheating at cards, mugging, and hotwiring. Jiggaboo Jones is an urban legend.

Eccentricity.

The people who make these decisions for the internet have announced new top-level domains for next year, including .tel, .jobs and .CAT Can you imagine the battle next year to get the domain name "LOL.CAT"?

Fine Chocolates (nsfw)

DO Try This At Home! (youtube) Mr. G is not exactly Mr. Wizard but he will teach you to make a strike-anywhere match gun, defy gravity with forks and a drinking glass, and build a 9V "tazer".

"My cow has two noses." "How does she smell?" "Terrible." more inside

Zagat the noted rater of upscale food, lowers its sights as it rates the major US food chains. No Cheesecake Factory or In and Out Burger though.

Another treasured childhood myth destroyed. Researchers officially debunk the five-second rule. If they come after the cootie shot, I'm going to get seriously ticked off.

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New Computer Program to Reassemble Shredded Stasi Files Shredded documents are now deshreddable thanks to an ambitious young computer programme from the Fraunhofer Institute, adding another brick in the wall that holds back our civilization's ability to forget. Will there soon be no way to escape the data panopticon?

Taking the Local out of Local Reporting A Pasadena, CA website is now outsourcing their local news reporting to India. Apparently saving money by having people report from half a world away will raise the quality of their journalism?

Tales of the Plush Cthulhu

A tribute to Gilles Villeneuve. It was twenty-five years ago that the racing legend was killed during qualifying at Zolder.

Save Pooky! A charming adventure game - puzzles to solve and keys to find. From Wortel Drie, a Netherlands site that has lots of interesting stuff. Via Ample Sanity