Another animal post, but not much about the squee (for which some may be grateful). Taxidermy with a difference. (Some parts of site are sort of icky and possibly NSFW -- especially the "Sculpture" section.)

Keep your lolcat off your keyboard! PawSense detects when your cat is trying to send lolCode messages to other kitties, and uses INVISIBLE HIGH-PITCHED NOISES to deter them.

How can a software utility know if a cat is on my computer? A: If you carefully measure cat paws, you will find that practically all cat paws are significantly larger than a typical keyboard key.

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Acquire your very own squirrel dressed up like your most favourite public figure. Do it. Only $3!

Performance artist and activist Mark McGowan ate a corgi last night. He was protesting a January hunt where Prince Phillip apparently beat a fox to death with a stick and kicked it. I don't see the connection, personally. The RSPCA found that the fox did not suffer unnecessarily, but McGowan is presumably claiming favouritism toward the Royals.

The Cutty Sark is ablaze. Right now. You've heard of the Cutty Sark, right?

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Little Public Plaques: who knows where they'll turn up?

Evil Mad Scientist A Make:Blog for the more geeky, perhaps. In person at the Maker Faire in San Mateo in May this year. Some items also currently appearing in the DIY exhibit at Columbia College, Chicago.

Floating Neutrinos A host of rafts and plans for a floating island built entirely from recycled junk. The Son of Town Hall, built entirely from junk found in the streets of New York, crossed the Atlantic in 1997.

Giant Microbes. Yes, all the plushie viruses and bacteria you have ever wanted, and more. I think the Mad Cow would make a fine doorstop.

Mark Wickens collects olive oil labels and fruit wrappers for fun and profit.

Fat Cyclist Just one of the great new or unknown blogs nominated for the 2007 Bloggies.

Children's bookplates Great for adults too: a series of colour and black-and-white bookplates by various children's illustrators. Print them out and stick them in your home library.

Perl poetry. Poetry on any subject, written in Perl.

What does 200 calories look like? Portions of various foods that make up 200 calories; everything from celery to bagels to butter. Photo heavy, via more than one place.

Links to 11,500 music videos on YouTube. Found via stavrosthewonderchicken's Mefi post in which he rewrote the whole list. Not all links work or go to where they claim, but on the whole the list is Good.

BEES! Man vs bee in an epic battle. Or: guys burn stuff for fun. (Warning: photo heavy.) more inside

The 2006 Golden Bull Awards have been announced. The awards are given to public figures who make baffling statements. This year's Foot in Mouth winner was Naomi Campbell, who said, "I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta." The Golden Bulls are given by the Plain English Campaign.

Goodsearch.com Yahoo-powered search engine that gives to charity when you search with it. (Via) more inside

Pencils carved by Mizuta Tasogare and Kato Jado. And for something even tinier, toothpick carving.