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Curious Intranets George I've been handed the poison chalice of putting together an intranet for work... more inside

Monkey, know thyself I give you the omniscient quantcast.com

Darius Turner: photography from Australia. Images to leave home for. more inside

Comet McNaught (a surprise comet) , has become a naked-eye object. If you have a clear view of the W-WSW horizon line, you can see it just after sunset. A map is available on the Skytonight.com homepage. Each night the comet will appear closer to the sun (and thus more difficult to see). It will round the sun later this month and then reemerge - each night/morning getting a bit farther from the sun (and thus easier to see). It may appear even brighter then. more inside

Raising the Dead: Two years ago today, Dave Shaw lost his life at the bottom of Boesmansgat ("Bushman's Hole"), one of the world's deepest freshwater caves, while trying to recover the body of a diver who had died in it ten years earlier. more inside

Stephen Hawking to be launched into space.

Memorynet is a collection of memories from the North East (of England). (Flash desirable) Themes such as superstitions and traditions are worth a look.

Best use of bananas in a music video. (Caution:YouTube) Ajdar appears to be a William Hung-style star in Turkey. Chiquita galore!

Trolley spotting. Flickr trollies. Trolley art. Trolley furniture. Injurious trolleys. Homeopathic trolley remedy. Trolley morons.

Warning labels are getting increasingly surreal/stupid as companies walk in fear of lawsuits. A Michigan lobby group hands out annual awards to the most unusual of these. More weird warning labels from another lobby group. Yet more. And now, you can generate your own! more inside

Coal mining may have caused quake. On Thursday 28 December 1989, at 10.27am, Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia had a 5.6 earthquake. This new study thinks it may have been the coal mining activities (taking out millions of tons of coal and pumping out groundwater) that was the trigger, not natural intra-plate tension. more inside

Curious George. Has anyone else tried to post a comment to tracy's admin blog recently and not been able to. I tried to do so on the new thread regarding jb's MoFi post. I got a window for posting a comment, but when I tried, got a message that I couldn't post without logging in. But, there didn't be any way to actually do that. So, went back to the eeked thread and tried to add a whining comment, but the thread is closed. *cries*

What does 200 calories look like? Portions of various foods that make up 200 calories; everything from celery to bagels to butter. Photo heavy, via more than one place.

Potion bottles! Gitcher potion bottles here! - quite lovely handpainted ones. Or fetching pottery ones. Or these elegant beauties. more inside

Inventor Of Ramen Dead more inside

Wild Boar are making a comeback. A few confrontations, and some recipes. more inside

Prisoner confesses to cannibalism A French prisoner has confessed to murdering his cellmate and then eating part of his body. Because you know how it gets some days.

No Béarla Manchán Magan travelled around Ireland speaking only Irish, recently recognised by the EU as an official working language, only to find incomprehension and occasionally hostility. Yu Ming could have told him as much. via metafilter, the last link is a charming short film.

The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Spiders Imbeded video. NSFW.