Dr Karl's Homework - Fart Experiment (28/8/2001)

The Fart Experiment Dr Karl's Homework via Annals of Improbable Research

20Q.net

PLay 20 questions against an AI - it's good! 20Q.net

Penguin Chat

This one is fantastic! Meet other penguins, dance in the igloo! yee haa! Penguin Chat

BBC NEWS | Health | 'Why my autism is a gift'

'Why my autism is a gift'. 14 yr old with Aspergers tells his story. BBC
See also his book Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome (and if you buy it after following this link I get about half a cent in my amazon account - buy two copies!)

Social environment is the key to quality of life for older people

Social environment is the key to quality of life for older people. (theme of my latest writing project is friendship) Eureka

Top Ten Urinals

?The top ten most fascinating urinals? (This would be in the weird category) Urinal.net

New Zealand News - World - Pentagon drops betting market on terror attacks

Pentagon drops betting market on terror attacks. (What were they thinking?!) NZ Herald

MuggleNet | Mistakes

Mistakes in the books for Harry Potter anoraks. Mostly nitpicking stuff. MuggleNet

New Scientist

Happiness helps fight off colds
-- didn't we just have this one? New Scientist

Truth-Functional Theory of Language - The Buddhist Theory of Langauge

A Buddhist Theory of Langauge. Truth-Functional Theory of Language

Scientific American: The Ignoble Savage -- Science reveals humanity's heart of darkness

The Ignoble Savage -- Science reveals humanity's heart of darkness. SciAm

Sn I.8: Karaniya Metta Sutta

Karaniya Metta SuttaAccess to Insight

ArtsJournal: Sandow

'Classical' music blog. More than the usual sniping from the sidelines? Does anyone care about music anymore? Stuff about the crisis in classical music. ArtsJournal

NATIONAL POST

Story of creativity, but what's interesting to me is that sign language processed by what were previous thought to be areas for processing vocal sounds. NATIONAL POST

Asia Times - Rule of law vs Confucianism

Long but good exposition on 23 centuries of the rul of law in China. Asia Times

The Radioactive Boy Scout

Another build your own story - remember the cruise missile? - this time build your own nuclear reactor. The Radioactive Boy Scout

New Scientist

First human tongue transplant successful. New Scientist

ScienceDaily News Release: Happy People May Have More Immunities To Common Cold

Happy people get less colds, unhappy bitch more when they do get them. ScienceDaily

ON THIS DAY | 21

Aniversary of first moon walk today. BBC

New Poems by Urgyen Sangharakshita | Home

New site by Sunanda for Sangharakshita's Poetry

New Scientist

Gene-stress combination doubles depression risk. New Scientist

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Scientists 'to clone mammoth'

Scientists 'to [try to] clone mammoth'. BBC

Tool-making crows

Crow caught on video making tool to get food. Science Mag

Atlantic Unbound | Interviews | 2003.07.16

Good interview with Harold Bloom. Atlantic Unbound

Build your own catapault, and fling yourself into a river (although the author suggests that several people have been injured, and one killed, trying to imitate him. Trebuchet.com

Fennolingua Oy

Upcoming World Mobile Phone Throwing Championships :-) Fennolingua Oy

BBC NEWS | UK | Britain lays claim to lasagne

Did the British invent lasagne? Lessee, it's colourless, tasteless and packed full of carbs...sure I could believe it!BBC

HSF - International Space Station

The blog from outer space, literally! NASA

Ishtar talking

Intelligent and articulate Iraqi woman blogging in Basra. Ishtar talking

Generation of taboo breakers are a selfish lot - smh.com.au

Germaine Greer, promoting paedophilia? You decide. smh

New Zealand News - World - 20 falsehoods about the Iraq war

20 falsehoods about the Iraq war. NZ Herald

Dictionary.com/Word of the Day: junta

Wonder how they picked this one? Word of the Day:

Marriage may tame genius. 10/07/2003. ABC News Online

Marriage dulls the mind! ABC

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Nice astronomy picture of the day. Nasa

ON THIS DAY | 10 | 1985 Rainbow Warrior sinks in explosion

On this day in 1985 French government agents set off a bomb on the Rainbow warrior, sinking the ship and killing a crew member. Two French agents were caught, tried and found guilty, but the French government put huge pressure on NZ to release them into French custody. Result? The agents both enjoyed brief stays on Pacific Islands and were released. Surprised they didn't give them a medal! BBC

Dead & Buried : Death Euphemisms

211 euphemisms for death and dying. Love the web! Dead & Buried
Doesn't include "sucked the kumara" or "pakaru" - have emailled the proprietor to point out the omission.

OneWorld.net -

Alternative news site. OneWorld.net

New Scientist

Your security is a joke! New Scientist

New Scientist

INterview with Kasparov about chess and computers. New Scientist

Eastern Philosophy

Hindu deity lunch boxes. Lunchboxes.com

www.Sesow.com

Matt Sesow...artist... www.Sesow.com

Ensemble Ambrosius :: 2002

My Favourite Finnish Baroque ensemble who play contemporary music. Ensemble Ambrosius

NATIONAL POST

Longish review of the diaries and notebooks of Northrop Frye
- author of Fearful Symmetry a commentary on Blake. NATIONAL POST

Nodding Or Shaking Your Head May Even Influence Your Own Thoughts, Study Finds. ScienceDaily

Blair lied. Bush lied. Surprised? NZ Herald

Matrix Essays

Blog devoted to Matrix essays. Matrix Essays

Harry Potter and the Childish Adult

AS Byatt slagging Harry Potter. NYT via A&LD

Welcome to the Underwater Post Offic

Underwater post office in Vanuatu. Nice one. VPO

Lifestyles and Entertainment

Meteorologist spots US building a pipeline to pipe Iraqi oil into Kuwait. FloridaToday

New Scientist

Virus causes mental illness symptoms in mice. New Scientist

River and Tides

Info about the DVD of Rivers and Tides a film about UK artist
Andy Goldsworthy. Available late 2003 early 2004. Buy it!
River and Tides

speech accent archive

Interesting language site. speech accent archive

AnswerBus Question Answering System

Natural language search engine. AnswerBus

Yahoo! News - Giant Sea Creature Found in Chile

Giant Sea Creature Found in Chile. Yahoo! News

The Onion | Bush Asks Congress For $30 Billion To Help Fight War On Criticism

Bush Asks Congress For $30 Billion To Help Fight War On Criticism. The Onion

Welcome to Artesian

Outsider Art site - also have a good amazgine. Artesian

Matchstick Rockets

Try this one at homes kids! Matchstick Rockets

The old blog died. So I've had to start from scratch.