Monopoly: The Movie. Ridley Scott is set to direct. (Yes, that Sir Ridley Scott.) Enh -- it's been done.

Britney Spears or Tufts freshman, Michael Bendetson?

WSJ: Rich Cut Back on Payments to Mistresses. According to a new survey by Prince & Assoc., more than 80% of multimillionaires who had extra-marital lovers planned to cut back on their gifts and allowances. Still, only 12% of the multimillionaire cheaters said they plan to give up on their lovers altogether for financial reasons.

British Nazi National Party membership posted online. more inside

Web Maintenance Expels Failure out of your Business Do you own a website that is extremely attractive visually and draws good website traffic? Then surely you would like to continue this trend for the coming years too! But how? Simple and most obvious answer is ‘website maintenance’. Most common problems faced during site maintenance are broken links, misspelled words, absent page titles, unattended customer queries, missing images, etc.

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Silver bullets - not as easy to make as you might think. ...Tonto didn't cast these over a campfire.

Victory in Vomit: Mirror's Edge as proprioception hack.

When salamanders invaded the Dinaric Karst: convergence, history, and reinvention of the troglobitic olm.

Bunge Bunny Jumping . Look at those little hoppers go!! Stolen from Metafilter--check out the rest of this great post

Eggs Bacon Chips and Beans A typical cheap British brekkie, reviewed.

No it's not what you think. It's a Christmas decoration. Really. more inside

Video Games Pirated by, um... pirates.

The New Star Trek Trailer in HD You will need Quicktime or alternative.

Planning a naval bombardment of Australia? Now's your chance. Navy takes two months off for Christmas!

Winners and others of the 2008 Bioscape Contest. Using light microscopy to extraordinary effect.

At a time when most kids are still thinking about becoming a fireman or astronaut, David Fishman has decided he wants to be a Food Critic. And he's already well on his way.

Spam Haiku . You say you can't write poetry, but have you taken the Spam test yet? more inside

Preserved Onion: In a hidden corner of The Onion's site is an "archival" issue from 1783: eight pages of pseudo-historic goodness, fully searchable by page and topic! Of interest: Alexander Hamilton Challenges Nation to a Duel; Thomas Paine on women; Satan Afflicts Townsfolk With Series Of Ploughing Mishaps; Opera Lyrics Blamed In Spate of Regicides. more inside

QWOP Olympics it's a running game/physics simulator. It is possible to run like a normal human. more inside