New species of monkey discovered in Tanzania. The first in twenty years, say hello to the critically endangered Lophocebus kipunji. (Via bb)

"Hugging Pillow" for the boys Attention all boys! If you don't have a girl to keep you warm at night, this is just for you. more inside

Translating sound into colour and colour into sound

Ladies and gentleman, the world's first all sock-puppet movie, "The Lady from Sockholm" Wool War II rages and times are tough for sock puppets. Terrence M. Cotton, a washed-up gumshoe, finds himself knee-high in debt and praying for a big case. Enter Heelda Brum, a finely spun piece of high-end hosiery who hires Cotton to find Darnell, her missing mate. Cotton takes the missing sock case but the heat gets turned on high when Darnell's unraveled remains are discovered ...

zombo.com (Flash, sound) Amazing what it can do for you.

Monkey Nuts, Monkey Nuts, Monkey Nuts, Monkey Nuts,Monkey Nuts, Monkey Nuts!

Painting Venice Using, uh... MS Paint Whoa. 500 hours. I still have to learn to sit still long enough to help my daughter draw a princess and this guy goes ahead and...sheesh.

YODA SINGS!

Creative George: A Proposal. One thread per month to toot our own creative horns? more inside

Yet Another TinyURL clone Enter a long URL to make short

Rock Scissors Paper

lets you write a set of rules about how to generate an image, and then follows those rules to create a image The rules are in the form of a context free grammar, where each shape is defined to be made up of other shapes, possible rotated, scaled, and relocated. more inside

Sudoku. I knew some people in my office were into this game. But I was unaware of its massive popularity. Will Sudoku remain popular, or just a fad?

This is the disgusting, vile, anti-christ thing anti-gay rights groups are lobbying against. (Short Quicktime video) more inside

Yes, this is texas, yes this is our media, and yes, it involves a lawyer! I swore I would never do this, but, my word ain't worth much around here anyway... So, there's these TWO birds with a nest, and a baby bird falls out of the nest, and the birds are swooping down on folks near the baby bird... Happens all over the place, it's probably happened to you.... more inside

"Geograph British Isles aims to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometre of the British Isles..."

BRATZAPPER: The high-tech electrical way to discipline children I think this is a hoax. I mean I really hope it's a hoax. Actually I'm fairly certain it's a hoax. Cuz it's pretty creepy. (via Museum of Hoaxes)

Patently Silly From the home page: "Necessity is the mother of invention. The father is unknown."

Shop 'til you drop! I know, I know, it's just a news story, but I just couldn't resist sharing...

Curious Careers: in search of any printable career aptitude tests I can use in the classroom. Any suggestions? more inside