Curious George: Canadian Passport Panic We've just been told that Mr. Koko's passport will not be ready in time for our flight to Australia. more inside

Guinea-Bissau discovers that Whoopi Goldberg is their most famous daughter. "Come to visit us!" they ask. more inside

!Sydneysider Alert! Koko is Koming! I will be in Sydneyville from March 24th through April 7, and would love to meet you! This will be my first ever meetup yay!!!! more inside

Jean-Philippe Charbonnier In 1954 Jean-Philippe Charbonnier documented French Psychiatric hospitals and this exhibition includes rarely seen photographs from the series. Some photos NSFW. via xenmate's blog

Matt Damon to be the next Kirk? Damon may be slated to play the young Captain Kirk in the upcoming "prequel". more inside

Suck it up! more inside

hheh-heh, hheh-heh, you said ...

Paternoster Lifts Something wendell said in my thread about pneumatic tubes reminded me of something I heard the other day on Czech radio (don't ask) which was a little story about Paternosters! more inside

Pneumatic tubes: 200 years of moving stuff around. more inside

Curious Annual Gift George It's that time of year again, and I'm feeling particularly lazy and want to try to do all of my shopping for far-away relatives online. Gimme your favorite online shopping links! NOW! more inside

PC World's 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time more inside

It's time to LIE BACK AND THINK OF ENGLAND more inside

URINALS AROUND THE WORLD via everlasting blört

Make your own LED Rat Throwie Disturb your friends, and perhaps yourself. Just in time for Halloween! NSFAnyone who opposes taxidermy. Contains graphic step-by-step photos. Not for the squeamish. via core77

The Cook's Thesaurus is a cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions. more inside

Vader Sessions Scenes from Star Wars dubbed with James Earl Jones' dialogue from other films. Long, embedded Quicktime video, NSFW (blue language).

Nutjob sues Nike and Michael Jordan because he looks like Michael Jordan.

6/6/6 It's the Day of the Beast! Figure it out, Einstein! Here are some handy Greek & Hebrew alphabet guides to help! LOOK FURTHER IF YOU DARE more inside

Hollywood baby names! Those wacky Hollywood celebs are giving their fashion babies all sortsa kooky names! See if you can come up with some new ones! more inside

10 Things Your iPod Won't Tell You more inside