Gertie the Dinosaur. {warning: long Google video}. An animated movie by Winsor Mccay, creator of Little Nemo. More Mccay animations. It's been a long time since I posted a FPP. Sorry if this is a repeat, or just not up to snuff.

Horse-O-Phonic 8-Track for Horses ...here you can see what the horsephonic looked when I walked through small towns and countryside with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boston, Christie and other similar cool tapes playing loud...

SPLINK The film dates from 1976 and stars the late Jon Pertwee, then just two years after having left the role of Doctor Who. He is essentially playing the same part, though - a curious uncle figure who is explaining the world to his young charges. Unfortunately the message of this film seems so complicated one almost needs the Tardis's translation software to understand what he's going on about. {this is for all the Dr.Who fans}

Purple people. I don't know what it is about the color, but some people are passionate about it and let it dominate their lives. They are easy to pick out because they are the ones dressed head to toe in purple. They have entire stores dedicated to the lifestyle. They scare me. Can anyone explain to it to me? [If anyone out there is a purple person, I don't mean to offend you. Please just explain yourself.]

Many videos of tea ceremonies. I'm really not sure what the story is behind this page, but it seems to be a collection of many different tea-related videos.

Curious Kids Entertainment As I've probably mentioned too often, I'm the proud father of a 20mo old boy. Thus far we have lived without a TV, and only recently have started renting DVDs to watch with him. Now I have a few questions for the monkeys: 1) What are recommended movies/DVD's for him to watch. He already loves Teletubbies and Sesame Street, both of which I don't mind watching myself. However, I refuse to watch Barney. What else should he see that won't drive Mom and Dad batty? 2) We are thinking of returning to TV-land. If we do get a TV, what are some good shows these days for children?

Self-medicating. For a sizable group of people in their 20's and 30's, deciding on their own what drugs to take - in particular, stimulants, antidepressants and other psychiatric medications - is becoming the norm. Confident of their abilities and often skeptical of psychiatrists' expertise, they choose to rely on their own research and each other's experience in treating problems like depression, fatigue, anxiety or a lack of concentration. A medical degree, in their view, is useful, but not essential, and certainly not sufficient. [NYTimes Link -- could require login, duh] more inside

Basil Rathbone: Master of Stage and Screen. The definitive Sherlock Holmes?.

The Top-10 Languages used on the Internet. The number of recorded internet users has reached the staggering figure of 812,931,592 worldwide. Leading in absolute terms, with more than 35% of total internet users, English is smashed by those 526,288,835 users that access internet in a different language. While a considerable share of people from non English-speaking countries are more or less proficient in the language, recent data has shown that in China 85% of the users prefer to access pages in their native language. That figure is 84% for Japan, 82% for Brazil and Spain, 81% for Argentina and Peru and 79% for Germany. more inside

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.

Curious George: Best Meal of your life? Okay, I searched,and I can't find a thread for this... so I'll start it myself. Last weekend I was lucky enough to have two of the best meals of my life. I'll tell you about them in a second, please tell me about yours. more inside

The thin line between sex and death. "Here is a list of the porn performers who have come before us and have since shuffled off this mortal coil. It's kinda sad, but we all gotta go sometime." [SFW]

Google Maps finds Roman ruins Computer programmer Luca Mori found the remains of an ancient Roman villa when he browsed Google Earth maps showing satellite images of his local area. more inside

Researchers recover typed text using audio recording of keystrokes. "What makes the technique feasible is that each keystroke makes a relatively distinct sound, however subtle, when hit. Typical users type about 300 characters per minute, leaving enough time for a computer to isolate the sounds of individual keystrokes and categorize the letters based upon the statistical characteristics of English text." more inside

Derek Jarman's Garden at Prospect Cottage. Derek Jarman, after learning he was HIV positive moved to Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, Kent, under the shadow of the nuclear power station. It was here that he wrote his autobiography and created his extraordinary garden, incorporating debris picked up from the beach. He died of AIDS in 1994. More beautiful photos here, here, here, here, and here. more inside

Andy Griffin is the farmer at Mariquita Farm. He is also a writer of wonderful essays about sex, food, and lanquage. He also has a weekly radio show. Enjoy some photos while your at it.

Curious George: What time is it where you are? more inside

Tea Culture Lately I've been spending a lot of time buying and drinking tea. I like both Chinese and Japanese varieties. Here is a pictorial archive of 19th Century Chinese tea production. Japanese tea ceremony instructions and information. more inside

Phallic Logo Awards. The game designers across the nation are playing is; can they design a logo and get it approved without the client realising it's a big spurting penis? [Subliminally NSFW]

I'm so hungry I could eat a... a database of foods eaten in times of famine.