A look into Cookie Monster's mind Cookie Monster interviewed on NPR, including a variation of Proust's famous questionnaire. (via MetaChat)

If someone tells you that you run like a girl, thank them: One of Markwardt's teammates, unaware of what had happened, encouraged her to get up. She tried, using her right leg. But as soon as she shifted weight to the left, the loudest crack yet came. And her leg gave out again. more inside

Bruce Schneier Blazes Through Your Questions. Tech security John-the-Baptist Bruce Schneier efficiently plows through a long list of reader questions related to online security and the future of Guarding Your Shit. more inside

CG: Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead Bored Gonna be in Greeley, CO on a short-notice business trip Sunday afternoon through Tuesday morning. I need tips on stuff to do in either Denver or Boulder, and if there are monkeys in either city, I would like to offer you a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy me alcohol. more inside

I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE HAS YET MENTIONED TODAY'S HOLIDAY: IT'S CAPS LOCK DAY!!1!1! more inside

bmovies.com! I don't normally swipe MeFi posts for here, but the awesomeness is just...just... more inside

Indexed. Graphs, Venn diagrams, and charts of everything important in life. On index cards. Just look at it. [via 43 Folders]

Crime and Punishment. A collection of early 20th century crime-related photos, including some occasionally frightening, occasionally depressing, but always fascinating mugshots. [via ectomo.]

The Young Man's Book of Amusement. more inside

Treehouses! Because your house isn't awesome enough. more inside

Get these motherfucking neocons off this motherfucking boat!

Record Labels Stick Dick in Net Radio's Mashed Potatoes. Evidently unbalanced royalty fees weren't enough. Now the Land of the Free™ is determined to dictate whether there will be internet radio for the rest of the world, too. Pandora bids adieu to filthy foreigners.

MoFi Nashvegas Meetup? Any Nashville monkeys out there? more inside

Curious, George: Your favorite media player sucks. Okay, so I got a problem. Windows Media Player is creating folders on my USB drive. "What's this," you gasp? "Yes," I reply! more inside

Top 5 ways to hustle free drinks. A beginner's guide to the art of the bar/pub proposition bet.

YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF GODDAMN SHEEP. Gizmodo attempts to look more authentic, less like a press release revolving door. Baby Jesus throws up in his mouth a little.

Curious, George: Simpletech, my ass. So my removable Simpletech USB drive just stopped working this morning. I've contacted their tech support, but while I wait I ask you for options and 'splanations. more inside

MoFi London/Dublin/Firenze Meetups! It's a bit last minute, but I thought I'd bump this very old meetup thread to the front page to (1) alert any eyes in those locales who haven't followed that old thread and (2) taunt all of you who can't go. We'll be meeting up Monday the 9th in London...where? Dunno. Let's work that out here. We'll be meeting up in Florence...when? where? Dunno. Let's, like, talk about it and stuff, baby. more inside

Curious, George-slash-MOFI EURO MEETUPS!!11!1 It's the classtool family European vacation! Hey kids! Big Ben! Parliament! Exclamation point! And there's more inside

In honor of this, the United States of America's Day of Independence, (WARNING: COMPLETELY AWESOME WEB DESIGN), to celebrate our liberation from the lurking British menace (WARNING: PHOTOS OF WMDS) with more than a little help from General Lafayette and his noble band of cheese-eating surrender monkeys (WARNING: NSF ANN COULTER), I give you drunken foreigners that most American of July 4th traditions: The Sonnet Project. And it's written by one of our very own. more inside