The BBC's Alan Johnston freed, after 16 weeks in captivity in Gaza.

Iglesia Maradoniana. Tired of Catholic Guilt? Finding the C of E old and busted? Judaism conflicting with your love of bacon? Then join the Church of Maradona -- hey, people have worshippped worse than the second-greatest player EVA (or third -- I'm perfectly willing to substitute Cruijff instead even if he did play for Ajax...).

Chim-chim reportedly bites somebody, catches a beating on set of Speed Racer. PETA on alert, Shaft called in to set things right.

.ʇdıɹɔsɐʌɐظ ǝ1dɯıs ǝɯos ɥʇıʍ ɹǝʌo ʇxǝʇ ɹnoʎ dı1ɟ [ɐıʌ] .sıɥʇ op uɐɔ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ 'uʍop-ǝpısdn sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ɹǝɥʇo ǝʞı1 ʞoo1 ʇɐɥʇ 8ɟʇn uı sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ɥbnouǝ ǝɹɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ 'ʎ1ʇuǝɹɐddɐ

ToM is Dead, Welcome to Ectomo.com.

What happened before the Big Bang?

Lancet study of Near Death Experiences - A prospective study of NDEs published in Lancet is worth reading. Link goes to blog post, here's the PDF link to the study. more inside

Curious George: How has tech changed your life I cant write (with a pen or pencil) more than 50 words without my hand cramping up. Is it age? Or is it being used to the keyboard.... more inside

Prehistoric music Instruments from Ireland and beyond, and the sounds they made.

Are Canadians stupid?

Bad Spock Drawings.

David Lynch's Dune... overdubbed. A parody re-release trailer for David Lynch's 1984 cult-classic DUNE.

Curious George. My gooseberry bush has exploded this year, and I have a bumper crop of the lovely green sour things. Now what can I do with them all?

Bloxorz. Friday Flash Fun with sublime graphics, super gameplay and scintillating sound. Via ABS.

Make your photo into a Wall Street Journal style hedcut. How cool is that? caveat emptor: photoshop tutorial, not a webmachine.

The last episode of Red vs. Blue: Why were we here? [Via.]

An armada of rubber duckies is heading for Britain. The vast flotilla of 29,000 plastic yellow ducks, blue turtles and green frogs broke free from a cargo ship 15 years ago. Since then they have travelled 17,000 miles, now they are heading straight for Britain.

"It's like looking at the sun..." Summer is here, and girl-watching season is upon us. And, of course, some guys take it too far. And as a result, find their pictures and stories of street harassment posted on HollabackNYC, or one of the other local sites.

Clown Training

Viking age Inca bones found in ... Norway? Shurely shome mishtake? - Ed