This gives me the cross-eyed shits How many times have you been to the local multiplex and sat through an out-of-focus screening? more inside

When in doubt, throw it out The British may waste more food than any other nation, throwing out 30-40% of all the produce they buy and grow each year.

The war on history Textbook war escalates as China and Korea vent their fury at Japanese rewriting of history. more inside

Prog Apparently progressive rock is back. Wasn't it bad enough the first time around? Put on your purple velour cape and thigh-boots and tell me about it.

Dr Johnson, A to Z For the 250th anniversary of Dr Johnson's dictionary. more inside

Aussies rank US behind China While John Howard staunchly followed his close friend George W. Bush to war, Australians don't hold the same affection for our key ally, with the US ranking below China, France and Japan in the public's estimation.

Just because I have my standards they think I'm a bitch. Who you calling a diva?

Creativity/drugs From my email -- Literature and Little Pink Pills: Drugs and the Creativity Question. more inside

Maserati Corse dodeci Wonder how much they'll give me as a trade-in for my Toyota Camry on one of these?

Project guitars How to make 'em and maintain 'em. Warning -- contains guitars.

Hitler's bomb Berlin historian Rainer Karlsch claims that the Nazis conducted three nuclear weapons tests in 1944 and 1945. But he has no proof to back up his theories.

oooOOOooo The President of Malawi has moved out of his luxurious, 300-room mansion, insisting the building is haunted. more inside

Brainboost is a search engine that attempts to find answers to plain English queries. I've found it useful in a small way. Here's your challenge ... what question or questions will drive it completely bug-eyed mad?

The smile that says where you’re from A study has established that the Americans and the British have different smiles. more inside

Are you a spy? Poles have been logging on to the internet in record numbers this week after a journalist accidentally posted the names of tens of thousands of Communist-era police informers on a website.

The Manchurian Candidate? A new book claims to reveal evidence that the CIA, FBI and Aristotle Onassis hypnotised a Palestinian man into assassinating Robert Kennedy. more inside

CG -- Cubase System 4 Curious George -- does anyone have any experience with Cubase System 4? Opinions on its strengths, weaknesses, glitches (if any), and performance (how much of your resources did it suck up? On what platform?) would be very welcome.

CG -- cheap digital camera Well, I bought a crappy little digital camera (Vivicam-30) today, mainly because it was incredibly cheap. I looked around on the net for a driver for it, and found this thing Vivitar call a Mac OS Beta ... more inside

Salvia divinorum What is salvia divinorum? more inside

Wanker!