ljudbilden & piloten Lovely hand-drawn stop-motion animation. Minilogue/hitchhikers choice, especially, is just brilliant

Business Funk I and II two excellent mixes of the finest ultra-rare 80s prog-funk from the vaults of various production music libraries, by Datashat more inside

Nearing Zero Well, I thought it was funny! more inside

Too Much! Magic Bus! Like, far out Scoob!

Cats in boxes. It's no Cheezburger, and there are no dogs in shawls, but it does have lots of cats in boxes. An early fave.

Artist uses 3D models of veg to create Giger's Alien And why not? Who hasn't used their fried eggs and sausage to make a face on their plate - before gouging the eyes and letting the juices flow? Just like the clever Giuseppe Arcimboldo used to do. But beware! Food art can be terrifying to children! And adults! Who's seen House Of Wax? Welcome to the House of Chocolate!

More Things To Worry About Sometimes though, you're lucky. Sometimes you're not. Either way, one can prepare themselves, or perhaps take some advice. It doesn't matter though, it's all over more inside

All My Sons: Only a handful of people in the theater knew that [Arthur] Miller had a fourth child. Those who did said nothing, out of respect for his wishes, because, for nearly four decades, Miller had never publicly acknowledged the existence of Daniel.

Curious George's Big Boner So what was your biggest boner? more inside

8 k! Wh00t!

Foundations of Montreal's founding found. A dig close to Pointe-à-Callière in Montreal has revealed the lost 1642 Fort Ville-Marie, just about here, beneath a warehouse. (Ville-Marie 101 here.)

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Researchers design humorous "bot." University of Cincinnati researchers Julia Taylor and Larry Mazlack recently unveiled a "bot” — more accurately a software program — that recognizes jokes. They reported the development at the American Association for Artificial Intelligence conference in Vancouver, Canada. All bad jokes aside, their research represents a step forward in computers reaching the capability of a human mind.

Silly Sunday Singalong... Something to lighten up the end of your weekend and prepare you for Monday: Feelings, and, with special guests Animal and the Swedish Chef, Danny Boy. Evil, evil YouTube links.

Did climate change inspire FRANKENSTEIN? Or other famous literary works?

Sleeping with the enemy. The British women who fell for German PoWs.

YouTube has a new (old) trick. YouTube appears to have (finally) gained a feature that Google Video has long had: The ability to click anywhere on the video's playback bar and have it instantly start playing - even if that portion hasn't pre-loaded (gone 'red') yet. more inside

"Mem, Mem, Mem." After a stroke, a prolific novelist struggles to say how the mental world of aphasia looks and feels. [Via ectoplasmosis.]

Captain Planet Vs. Hitler (youtube) more inside

Drinkin' time!! It's 5 o'clock somewhere... more inside