Stop the presses! There's a monkey mayor in the UK! Read about his election! Read more about his election! (and see his photo) Read about his sex scandal! Then, read about his place in history! { links from Gish & Dayan }

Still using vertical emoticons? That is soooo 'yesterday.' Take a lesson from the Japanese are learn to make horizontal smilies like this (*^_^*) ... Find more here. { Please note: Hanttula.com does not officially condone the use of emoticons or "smilies" as they are...

Time to dust off your laboratory (and, yes, that's pronounced "lah-bore-a-tory") for the Edinburgh International Science Festival where they're searching for the fastest device for walking on water. For those more scientifically interested than inclined, Britain's...

Need to find something from a past decade quickly? Look no futher than YesterdayLand! Find things like classic lunchboxes, saturday morning TV, arcade games, and even Member's Only Jackets.

Are you a deck juicer, a chipper tassel, or a fin frado? Find out with the Hipster Handbook's Quiz. You can also order the entire Hipster Handbook here.

A disturbing (yet insightful) interactive look into some male grooming. More thoughtful personal work on this site's main page. { Link from Brett }

Ever wonder what happened to Shrinky Dinks? Worry not, they're still here.

Look at your zipper. Yes, that one right there. I'll bet it has a "YKK" on it. Ever wonder what that means? Find out here.

Speaking of movies, here's a novel idea: Instead of large companies paying heaps of money for what's known as "product placement" within a movie; why doesn't one of these large companies pay a similar heap of money to lower ticket prices? I'd be much happier seeing...

Speaking of movies, here's a novel idea: Instead of large companies paying heaps of money for what's known as "product placement" within a movie; why doesn't one of these large companies pay a similar heap of money to lower ticket prices? I'd be much happier seeing...

Get to see all of the cliches in the movies without paying those high ticket prices: Moviecliches.com

Get to know your golden, sponge-caked friends at the T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project. { The most fascinating thing I learned is that Twinkies are not baked, but in fact, are made of "polymers with a painted dye on the bottom designed to mimic the golden brown of the oven."...

Forget all those other sites, if you want to socialize online, get thyself to ZING now! { Choose your character, chat, date, roam around the city, do it all. }

Warner Bros., Coke, and DNA Studio team to bring you 3D Harry Potter online gaming fun with Catch the Pixies.

Cereal-themed games in Postopia (Post Cereal's world of Flash animated fun). { It's nice to see that cereal companies often provide online fun, which almost makes up for the fact that they don't put cool toys in boxes of cereal anymore. ...why is that? }

In-N-Out Burger's secret menu: revealed! ...and revealed some more.