Blanks on a Blank! In homage to the beloved Snakes on a Plane, several teams have gotten together and made variations on the theme. more inside

Festevil! An international noise festival--make some noise wherever you are at 6:06 pm local time on June 6th! "send in your noise!! - 06/06/06 only happens once every 100 years! - make the most of it! - think of your noise as both contributing to and vanquishing evil, simultaneously!" more inside

Ivor Cutler has passed away at age 83. One of Scotland's best poets, he was also a musician, singer, songwriter, actor, painter, author of books for children, and humorist. He recorded more sessions with John Peel than anyone but The Fall. Maybe you remember him as Buster Bloodvessel from The Magical Mystery Tour? more inside

Curling, curling with desire! (Quicktime direct link) The Swedish national women's curling team do what Swedes do best to promote their team: appear in a deathmetal music video with Hammerfall. It's in English! Here's the Windows Media link, too.

Instructions for cool projects. Instructables: Step by Step Collaboration. Want to make a pinball coffee table? How about a smoke bomb? As featured on the MAKE:blog.

Explore new and interesting Korean licensed characters. Rpeng and Bini! The denizens of Western Macaroni Island! For those who enjoy Sanrio but want something different. more inside

Learn how to please a lady by pleasing a rabbit. A video game rabbit. "Players tickle, touch, tap, and stroke... They can also talk, sing and blow on the bunny's fur using the device's built-in microphone." via boingboing more inside

Sexterminate! (NSFW, as if you'd have thought otherwise) Daleks groping ladies! BBC bans it from eBay! more inside

Sherlock Holmes as he was the first time: Stanford University is now offering print or PDF Sherlock Holmes stories, serialized as they originally appeared in The Strand magazine. It's free! Go here to subscribe to either PDF or newsprint copies mailed to your home. You can also make a donation to support the project. It runs from early January through April--give yourself a little mystery in the new year! via boingboing

7.6 tremor hits S. Asia. Pakistan has the largest causalties--around 18,000 people dead and 41,000 wounded. India and Afghanistan were also affected with several hundred dead. Buildings in the capitol cities of all three countries swayed for a full minute. more inside

This year's Ignobel winners! It's a rich crop. The velocity of penguin poo, Neuticles, locusts watching Star Wars, and smelly frogs. Science is glamorous! more inside

Baby sloths. Lily the biter, Mogli and Mogwai, Nemo, and more. [via] more inside

Look at your walls! Animated wallpaper based on a classic William Morris design. Flash. via we make money not art. more inside

Buy some beer. Help pay for this Carlton Draught ad. Quicktime, bombastic.

Lost From Midland. West Texas wishes to reclaim the folks who fled to the bigger cities of Texas, and this is how they are trying to do it. Census facts on Midland. [via The Austinist] more inside

If your child is gay and you chose to celebrate it you may want to order some of these. Gay Merit Badges! via BoingBoing.

Randy "Biscuit" Turner was found dead in his house yesterday. Artist, punk, skater, beloved local freak. What more to say? His skate punk band The Big Boys was hugely influential. more inside

We Jam Econo. The Minutemen were a punk band out of San Pedro, California in the early 1980s... but that's not the half of it. Think punk is about safety pins and dyed hair? These guys will show you differently. Here's the trailer. Or listen to stuff here. more inside

Roadside signs. Covering a wide range of the US, this site has vintage signs from hotels, motels, ice cream stands, and more. There's background information where she could find it, plus link to sites with more details on specific topics. more inside

Balancing Point. "A short film that is played entirely in reverse and involves the "reverse destruction" of balanced rock sculptures. There is one character in the movie that appears to magically create these sculptures. Although the film is played in reverse it appears as the man who is doing his magic is going forwards in time." You can see stills from the film, as well as the full Quicktime movie.