Condom Testers Wanted: Apply Inside. "Are you a sexual intercourse enthusiast? Are you the kind of person who doesn't mind winning $1000?" Durex is looking for some fellows with a head to please.

Meet the case of Abdallah Higazy. Egyptian national. Confessed under FBI questioning to being involved with the 9/11 plot - they found a device used to communicate with pilots in his hotel room after all. Then a pilot turns up and asks for his radio back. more inside

Daniel Essig creates book-based art. He uses a binding style known as Ethiopian-style Coptic bookbinding, which dates from the fourth century. His sculptural books are mixed media, incorporating handmade papers, unusual woods, fossils, mica, and found objects. more inside

Atari founder: Modern games 'unadulterated trash' "Video games today are a race to the bottom. They are pure, unadulterated trash and I'm sad for that," said Bushnell "Social games represent something that has been missing," he adds. "Most of the board games are purchased by women for families. It is this gaming world that can be re-energized. We used to have families sit down and play a game together. A lot of video games today are very isolated. You don't see mom and dad, sister and brother, sitting down like they used to play, say, Monopoly," says Bushnell. "That represented good mentoring time for families that just isn't happening now." more inside

How to build your own Sputnik. Doesn't say how to launch it into space though.

I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE HAS YET MENTIONED TODAY'S HOLIDAY: IT'S CAPS LOCK DAY!!1!1! more inside

Al Magnus is a photo montage artist whose work has a surreal, lovely, dream-like quality. He plans his scenes, photographs the elements and scans them, and composites them into his montage digitally before printing. His images are planned in advance, some of them taking as much as two years to assemble all the photographic elements before work on the montage begins. more inside

Delhi deputy mayor dies after monkey attack

Terrorists may be using American cheese to destroy freedom.

The Simian Dictionary of Sir Richard Francis Burton. [Via an excellent post on MeFi.]

Vincent is a short animation by Tim Burton about a young boy who wants to grow up to be Vincent Price, and is narrated by Mr. Price himself. Classic Tim Burton story and animation. "She danced in her mother's womb and she was dancing when she was born. As God is my witness and the devil her father, she will dance your dead back to their grave..." So says the grandmother in El Despertar, an animated short film about zombies and Flamenco. Halloween's not far away. Are you prepared with Candy?

Nightmare Escape You're in a sealed room. In front of you, bloody footprints lead to a message written in blood: You are the next. Looks like it's time to find a way out of here. For the terminally lost, a complete walkthrough is behind a spoiler tag here at Jay is Games. more inside

Ellen DeGeneres dog drama sends America into a spin Really!? WTF!? Is this what galvanizes America these days? more inside

bmovies.com! I don't normally swipe MeFi posts for here, but the awesomeness is just...just... more inside

Dr Crippen is a name that has been synonymous with murder for nearly a century. Notorious for murdering his wife and fleeing Britain on a ship with his lover disguised as a boy, this American doctor was the first person to be apprehended via the aid of wireless communication, in this case radio telegram. He was hanged in 1910 after a British jury found him guilty of murdering his wife, Cora, who had vanished earlier that year, and whose remains were identified as those found under the cellar floor of his London house. Except he was innocent. more inside

Bullets silence one of the South African apartheid regime's most outspoken critics. Peace, Lucky Dube... *sigh*

Trick or Treat! and Stuff Yourself Sick: I-Mockery presents the Ultimate Guide to Halloween Candy, from Oozing Eyeballs to Gummi Ghouls to the infamous Box of Boogers. more inside

A New Little Poo-Flinger! The London Zoo debuts a tiny new primate: a black-tailed marmoset baby no bigger than a wee mousie. Okay, so marmosets aren't strictly monkeys, but they're kissin' kin, and the SQUEEEEE factor is pretty high on this one. Loads of pictures in the main link, plus the usual Page 3 Girl teaser (SFW).

A Kyoto geisha preparing by putting on her makeup. (This and all other links here are YouTube) It's a little long at a bit over 12 minutes, but it seemed a good inspiration for those who might be looking for last-minute costuming ideas for a Halloween shindig. Further inspiration: Low-budge zombie, Budget zombie/ghoul makeup, Showgirl makeup, Flapper makeup, A tiger face, and applying basic latex prosthetics. more inside

Best Latin has some nice resources, including the excellent Audio Latin Proverbs and the strangely pointless Roman Sudoku. They haven't got news in Latin, but you can get that here, here, or (monthly rather than daily) here.