My hands are bananas. Keep the monkeys away from my hands! more inside

Papa Ratzi toying with abolishing Limbo. Unbaptized babies, Plato to go to Hell, Divine Comedy to have rewrite.

The Sound of The Universe Being Born Physicist John Cramer of the University of Washington in Seattle calculates what the universe sounded like in the first 750,000 years of its existence. Then ratchets it up a few hundred thousand times (okay, 100,000 billion billion times) so we can hear it. "During the 100-second recording, the frequencies fall because the sound waves get stretched as the Universe expands. 'It becomes more of a bass instrument,' says Cramer" Something Bootsy already knows, baby! Kirk Out! Totally sampled and ripped from TheFi

In which is revealed a device to encourage the recitation of tongue twisters. This may be old, juvenile, and requiring of translation from our Asian monkeys, but I'm still glad we didn't have these in school.

MoFi London/Dublin/Firenze Meetups! It's a bit last minute, but I thought I'd bump this very old meetup thread to the front page to (1) alert any eyes in those locales who haven't followed that old thread and (2) taunt all of you who can't go. We'll be meeting up Monday the 9th in London...where? Dunno. Let's work that out here. We'll be meeting up in Florence...when? where? Dunno. Let's, like, talk about it and stuff, baby. more inside

Lucas to Feature Films: You're Dead To Me Now "We don't want to make movies. We're about to get into television. As far as Lucasfilm is concerned, we've moved away from the feature film thing because it's too expensive and it's too risky." George says for the $200 million it takes to make a big picktcha, he'd rather make 50 little ones. And, that that's where movies are going. What do you think?

Curious George - Where is your blog? Yes, we have a wiki. And now we have a page where you can list your blog. more inside

Star Trek Auction at Christie's. Lotsa stuff from Star Trek's 40 year history are being auctioned off right now, so what are you doing reading this? (Christie's site is a little slow, what with all us nerds jamming the signal.) Go. GO NOW.

Del Close's skull isn't Del Close's skull after all

Card-Carrying Monkeys You stare at your computer screen all day, as if it were a crystal ball. Why not get your fotune told while you're at it? more inside

Vibestreamer. "....is a free MP3 streaming server that allows you to connect and stream your music using only a standard web browser. - Play your music anywhere!". That is all.

"Who are these children?" NRCC head Tom Reynolds surrounds himself with kids in order to not be asked awkward questions about the Foley thing. What a clever trick!

Network 2.0 - Finally, a fairly comprehensive list of original shows on the internet that's organized and has a user-friendly interface. The question is, will anyone watch? more inside

Kids say 'Yuck!' to healthy school lunch - "In schools up and down Britain, a new term has meant a new menu. The nation was shocked last year when a television campaign by Jamie Oliver, perhaps the country's best-known celebrity chef (and there are lots of them), exposed the poverty of school lunches here..." more inside

Bet on how long a couple will last. Vote, or click on "see how everyone else voted on this couple" to see other couples. But how do I collect my winnings?

United States Constitution v2.0 On the heels of sanctioning torture and denying people the right to hear why they're being jailed, the fearless US Republican leaders have just said "The Hell With It" and pooped out New! Improved! Constitution 2.0! more inside

Curious George: Who would want to be me anyway? There's a lot of crap on this laptop. And it served me well for many years but now I have a new best friend and am naturally wanting to kick this one to the curb. But before I sell my friend, I need to brainwash it, eg. get all my personal info and files off of it so no one tries to clone me or steal my identity or anything silly like that. more inside

Romanian Stencil Archive

I ♥ disease NY. New York's foray into the trans-fat bannination debacle makes me wonder... more inside

North Korea announces nuclear test. Only a few months after the series of missile tests, NK raises the bar. Neighbouring countries, who have mostly put in place economic sanctions after the missile testing, are understandably nervous. The announcement alone resulted in the Yen declining today. more inside