Miers for SCOTUS? Dubya has nominated Harriet Miers to fill the other vacant supreme court seat. Very little is known about her politics, but all sides agree: She's never been a judge. more inside

More for the Monet Joan's Monets: 'Every Christmas my Aunt Joan gives me a Monet calendar. After a couple years the same old paintings become dull. So she started enhancing the master's works...' Via plep more inside

The Gitmo Cookbook (ugh)

Strong as a Monkey -- (blurb ...in German. Attempted translation within.) more inside

Khmer Rouge Cafe. A new Cambodian cafe is offering diners a slice of life under the Khmer Rouge, with a menu featuring rice-water and leaves, and waitresses dressed in the black fatigues worn by Pol Pot's ultra-Maoist guerrillas. more inside

What's the ugliest part of your body? What's the ugliest, part of your body, oh-oh, some say your nose, some say your toes but I don't think it's your mi-iind. The synapse revealed. I think it's my new desktop.

Cambridge in Color (via that other site)

Google SF. Google offers a bid to provide free city-wide WiFi in San Francisco. Some project that this is just the first big step at providing nation-wide WiFi.

MIT's Media Lab announces $100 Linux Laptop initiative. No, you can't buy one. But they may change the distribution of education in Africa, India, Brazil, and yes, Boston and Detroit. (more inside) more inside

Something artful this way comes Although a place to buy art online, I especially like the Features Section from their online magazine. Includes Baghdad Journal, by Steve Mumford, an artist embedded for a year with U.S. forces. more inside

Oceania Postcards and Picture Galleries The images of Oceania are both diverse and fascinating. [Caution: possibly some may be considered NSFW by the stodgy.] Via Eye of the Goof

Curious George: Calming Corporate IT Any help convincing a corporate IT department that Mozilla isn't spyware? more inside

More Bali Bombings. Do we have any Bali monkeys on board? Please let us know you're okay. more inside

The Flying Mobulas of the Sea of Cortez

CSS 2.1 selectors, Part 1 "Among the first things you learn when you start out with CSS are selectors. Selectors are a fundamental part of CSS, but few developers use them to their full potential. Learning how to use the full range of CSS selectors available in CSS 2.1 properly can actually help you keep your HTML a lot cleaner. It will let you minimise unnecessary use of the class attribute and the need for adding extraneous div and span elements to the markup."

when the frost is on the pumpkin! from one monkey to another, when the weathers hot and sticky it's not the time for dunkin dicky but when the frost is on the pumpkin now thats the time for dicky dunking. more inside

Happy feel-good,links more inside

Who wants to be? They are. In a country where 25% of the population lives below the poverty line, and the average monthly salary is $200 or less, they are having a fair. more inside

Take University Courses for free over the Web. Type in your subject. Check out the courses available. Now you to can study cognitive robotics at MIT, pathophysicology of infectious diseases at Tufts, or causal and statistical reasonaing at Carnegie-Mellon. Or how about some artsier stuff? more inside

New Bill Stewart Album. World renowned jazz drummer Bill Stewart has released his newest album via cdbaby. As well, he plays on Kevin Hays' what survives, also released on cdbaby. Anybody know of any other well known artists who have chosen to self release albums instead of dealing with the record label mafia? All styles of music welcome; we monkeys have broad tastes. more inside