Cricket Activated Defence System from the Center for Tactical Magic

I know this is on CNN right now, but come on. How does one manage to do this, but not realize it.

Lovely big elephant gets painted - and appears to enjoy it. After all, elephant skin is very sensitive, so they say. Probly lovely tickles. Ky00t.

I just can't decide. Which one to bid on.

Outsourcing Drive-throughs When you go through the drive-through in Missouri, the person you are talking to is in Colorado Springs who then sends a picture of you and your order back to the McDonalds. more inside

Pogmania! "The game of pogs originated in the 1920s on the Hawaiian island of Maui. There dairy workers played the game during breaks using simple milkcaps. Almost 70 years later, a Hawaiian schoolteacher reintroduced the game and mass appeal soon followed." taken from here! more inside

ESA flubs Titan landing show , probably the "worst PR disaster in the entire history of space travel", says astrophysicist Jeffrey Bell. Dr. Bell also laments The Next Five Big NASA Failures, the Mars Genesis fiasco ("the first time a real mission has copied a bad movie"), and ISS: International Space Scrapyard. Maybe he's the Andy Rooney of the space world, but he does puts forward some thought-provoking ideas.

Pongomania! Wonderfully odd and surreal sculptures.

The Tate Online archive. Interviews and performances by artists and musicians. Presently the archive holds over 100 events, representing around 350 hours of audio and video.

How to say "Death to America" in Arabic - PLUS: How to say "Death to America" in Farsi.

What's better? Japanese schoolgirl uniforms or the Episcopal Church? A hot dog toaster or Bobby Brown's mugshot? The letter E or Calista Flockhart? Now YOU decide. Warning: addictive as all hell, but probably a double. I try.

Curious George - How to Dump a "friend" Potential stalker problem. more inside

Curious George: Protesting the Inauguration Some hippies from my college are organizing a trip to Washington DC to protest Bush's inauguration Thursday. I am thinking about going, because I hate Bush and, plus, I have never been to Washington DC before. Anyway, I was wondering if any monkeys here have any advice, or also plan to attend. This will be my very first protest. Oh boy. I will so rock the 2x3 free speech zone. more inside

American Scientist wonder, 'Where are the aliens?' The Fermi Paradox questions the probability of finding intelligent extraterrestrial life. Modern science has brought us the possiblity of wormholes, extrasolar planetary detection, and time travel has not been denied. So, it is wondered not so much, "Where are they?", or even "When?", but "Already?" [more inside] more inside

201 stories by Anton Chekhov.

Irritating but loveable cat I have an extremely needy/irritating cat. I think putting her in another home would make her happier, and me as well. My wife needs reassurance. [More inside]

Safecracking<br/> "Nowhere is the sense of secrecy surrounding safe and vault security greater than it is around the selection and location of effective drilling points on various safes. Where to drill is perceived as one of the darkest and most carefully guarded secrets of the safe trade, something that can be learned only through careful analysis and cataloging of hundreds of different containers. Determining where to drill is actually quite straightforward." Matt Blaze at UPenn just published a excellent paper titled Safecracking for the Computer Scientist, and boy, has it pissed off the locksmith community. more inside

World's first Open Source Beer - Vores Øl. Based on classic ale brewing traditions but with added guarana for a natural energy-boost. VOOMPAH! more inside

How not to lift a car out of the water. Take one submerged car and attempt to lift it out. If it fails, try again with a bigger crane.

Mmm, Sheep Brain Salad Dressing. Police are investigating Wednesday's food-tampering incident at Vestal High School, where officials say a student found the piece of brain at the bottom of a container of dressing at the salad bar.