1930's Japanese Military Propaganda Photos - Rare vintage prints used to create propaganda. In the late 1930’s Japan was at the zenith of its military power. The government hired photographers & their work was heavily retouched by hand to enhance their nationalistic fervour-inducing qualities. These photos have never before been seen - well, by us, anyway.

Dimebag Darrel (ex Pantera) is dead - & it is possible other members of his new band Damageplan are injured, perhaps including Vinnie Paul. Reports are confused, but some say another band member is dead. more inside

Kill Him! - Violence is the human answer to everything, yes? Or is this satire? I don't know, can you speak Norwegian? more inside

Wrath of the Gods! - you are God, and you must punish mankind. Destroy mortals with increasing levels of abilities. Crush the mortals, see them driven before you, hear the lamentation of the women, then crush them too. Also cows and sheep. Moo. This is a FLASH game.

The Soviet Exploration of Venus - Which includes Pictures of the actual surface of Venus which have been tidied up & stuff in recent years. You may like it, or you may not. I like it.

Firefox Extension: Makelink 2.0 - this is really good if, like me, you love Mozilla Firefox & you post a lot of links on blogs like this one! See inside for more details. more inside

The Humility Machine - humility is endless.

Sock Full Of Bees - A game for all the family! Quicktime required. Not all that great, really. I only posted it because it has the words 'sock' & 'bees' in it... Fuck I am depressed. Please kill me. NSFW

Beer History - Do you like beer? Here is the concise history of beer, with no guarantee of accuracy, because the people that compiled it were drunk. more inside

The SeeLinder - a cylindrical three-dimensional colour television that can be viewed from any angle. From Laputan Logic

Grover - the monster behind the Myth - To millions of children throughout the world in the seventies and eighties, Grover was a funny, cuddly and ultimately loveable fuzzy blue monster from Sesame Street. But what many of us didn't see behind that brave exterior was a monster cowering in the face of his own insecurities, a monster so unsure of himself he wouldn't even watch his own performances, and a monster who ultimately allowed his own weaknesses to overcome him and nearly ruin his career. Grover is bitter. more inside

Koders - Source Code Search Engine - So instead of posting something about ghosts, weird animals or supernatural dreams, I decided to post this script search engine. I don't use this stuff, but I'm sure some Monkeys do. This could save hours working out problems & be very useful. It allows devs to easily search & browse source code in thousands of projects hosted at hundreds of open source repositories. more inside

The Index of Expressions & Sayings - Ever pondered the origin of common expressions and sayings that crop up in regular conversation? Are you a word-addict? Enjoy language? Asperger's Syndrome person who collects obscure data? Time waster looking for a way to waste time? Then this is certainly a good site to peruse. Via the 'I'm sorting my bookmarks' division of Nostril enterprises

Fundo Wackjobs + UFO Wingnuts = teh funnay - The Watcher Files. Exposing human reptilians, aliens, secret government, black projects, new world order. Crazy-ass bullshit alert. Amusing, in a bitter, cynical kind of way. Or something. Via Bifurcated Rivets more inside

The Gorilla Comic Cover Index - Ok, the guy indexes every comic cover he can find that includes a picture of an ape or gorilla. Quite a collection.

The Oldest Song in the World? - Clay tablets found by archaeologists in the early '50s at Ugarit remained untranslated for nearly 20 years, but researchers knew they somehow related to music. Finally, the 3,400 year-old cuneiform texts were deciphered in 1972. They were musical notation for a hymn, utilising harmony, & were in the equivalent of the diatonic major scale, suggesting that the diatonic scale existed in ancient times & is probably based upon natural influences. more inside

An optical illusion - it's a bunch of swirly things.

A headless, bullet-riddled body - the Black Hand - a severed head put on public display. A Mystery to this day - November 19, 1904: hunters make a shocking discovery on a remote road outside Pennsylvania coal town Shamokin. A headless, naked body with multiple bullet wounds. 100 years ago.

Movie of a Chimp doing Karate - embedded Quicktime movie. Of a chimp doing Karate. For all I know, he could be hiding in his dojo. Obviously, you need Quicktime for this. Via Screenhead

Was H.P. Lovecraft a believer in the paranormal? - Lovecraft has been called the most influential horror writer of the 20th Century, & that is arguably true. To what extent did Lovecraft actually understand the Occult? And is the only logical answer to this 'Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fthagn! Ph’nglui mglw’nfah Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn'? Fortean Times has the answer.