C. elegans movies. Also, WormBase.

Funtastics facts about Alaska's wildlife.

Large doghouses.

Snow plow photo gallery: one of the best collections of pretty girls and equipment on the web!

What is arguably the best-known landmark at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore was changed forever Thursday when a large section of Miners Castle collapsed and tumbled into the waters of Lake Superior. -Damn. [via cmmj]

Ichthyosaur page

Northern California bicycle rides.

American Chris Horner wins stage two of Switzerland's Tour of Romandie.

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Very exhaustive list of bobblehead giveaways at professional baseball games. Excellent. [via coudal]

Rufus' toilet training log.

Gigantic, humongous wine glasses. Wow.

Official posters for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™. [via coudal]

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With more and more people around the world drinking more and more alcohol, the huge multinational drinks companies are expanding, seeking fresh markets - and the target is the developing world. -Booze, it's good for the world.

A list of Wal Mart consultants. Now there's a job!

The threat of being eaten could drive the march of Mormon crickets as they munch their way across millions of acres in the arid West, new research suggests. -Damned new research.

Excellent Matt Groening interview making the rounds. [via everywhere]

Posters from Davis, California's Whole Earth Festival, 1971-2005. [via metafilter]

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A free download of 1971's 'The Anarchist Cookbook.' Be careful. [via linkfilter]

A corn-on-the-cob holder holder??

Rodent movies.

A Federal Trade Commission investigation last summer similar to the one sought by Hastert and Frist found no evidence of collusion among oil companies in the 2005 gas price surge. It said the culprits were high crude oil prices, record world demand and government regulations. -Damned government regulations.

Many, many photos from the new terminal at Madrid's Barajas Airport. Wow. [via coudal]

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The intermodal container FAQ. Interesting.

How much is inside a 40 foot shipping container?

When a hamster rolls in its little hamster wheel inside its cage, does it think it's getting anywhere?

Hello ham radio. Excellent.

The tongue of the Malaspina Glacier, the largest glacier in Alaska, fills most of this image. The Malaspina lies west of Yakutat Bay and covers 1,500 square miles (3,880 square kilometers). [via coudal]

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A pretty kick-ass star-gazing chair.

Armed police were searching Monday for 27 chimpanzees, Somasa said, while four others had already returned on their own accord to the reserve. -Good luck with your Sierra Leone vacation.

Culinary guide to Mexican fish and shellfish.

Photos of cricket fighting in China. [via soblog]

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Nobel Prize games and simulations.

What fruit is shaped like a hedgehog and smells like compost? Also, how to choose a good durian.

Cheesemaking.

Ice cream history and folklore. Also, ice cream freezing curves.

Personalized clay figures for your wedding, birthday, anniversary or other celebratory cake.

A photo essay of places mentioned in Steinbeck's Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday.

The Grapes of Wrath, 1998.

Dust Bowl migrant worker song collection at the Library of Congress. Awesome.

Professor Krueger says this tendency was spotted by David Bowie, who told the New York Times in 2002 that "music itself is going to become like running water or electricity". Bowie has advised his fellow performers: "You'd better be prepared for doing a lot of touring, because that's really the only unique situation that's going to be left." -Concerts and touring generating more revenue than traditional album sales.

Michael Boogerd and Joaquim Rodriguez suffering real good while they lead yesterday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège cycling race.

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Nice gallery of photos from last week's Tour de Georgia.

Today marks one year since I quit smoking cigarettes. It wasn't nearly as hard as I'd imagined, though my dreams still sometimes find me enjoying the rich, full flavor of a Turkish & American blend of tobacco. Whoo-ah!

Dutch submarines.

Aircraft of the world.

"Put Maoism in Command of the World" -From a revolutionary art of Peru collection.

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Communism in Washington State.

Bee-keeping in ancient Egypt.

The reasons why Russian women dare to look for a foreign husband are simple, but not easy: a woman still hopes to have an honest, responsible man who will treat her with respect and attention. The foreigner sees his future Russian wife as healthy, hard working and docile. -A guide for those who look for Russian women.

"Thunder god", a painting by artist Martin Gruelle.

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You can hear them, but can you see them?

Where does time go?

How cicadas sing.

The peloton climbs the Mur de Huy during Wednesday's Flèche Wallonne cycling race in Belgium.

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A weblog from this week's Tour de Georgia cycling race.

SpokePOV - neon lights for your bicycle wheel spokes. I think.

From Craigslist: Happy Days TV Show Bike - $800. $800?!

80 facts about Queen Elizabeth. Happy Birthday!

Very large photo gallery from the 2006 Boston Marathon.

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How to run a marathon.

Is 'Audiophilia' a disease or a religion? How else is it that these bozos believe that they actually hear the things that they say they do? These folks are the victims of the over-priced "HIGH-END" audio manufacturers and vendors, and they are indeed their legitimate prey! -The Audiophile BS Page.

The Vintage Walkman Database.

A gallery of deep sea creatures.

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Wild Arctic food available for purchase.

Welcome to our polar playground!

A fine time was had on vacation enjoying lobster in Ogunquit, Maine, celebrating our son's third birthday, and cheering on the hordes running Monday's Boston Marathon.

Names of main Tintin characters in different languages.

Hergé record covers. Mon dieu

SF Chronicle's TV critic Tim Goodman's got a weblog.

Sea Ice - An Antarctic Habitat.

How icebreakers break ice.

Warm feet in the Arctic.

AP: Fla.'s Newest Problem: Burmese Pythons. Indeed.

Beautiful set of photos from an Argentine asado. Also, Argentina on two steaks a day. Good stuff. [via metafilter]

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No updates until late next week as I'm off to meet the wife and boy in Boston for some family obligations and assorted whatnot.

Microwave grape plasma. [via alexmizell]

Caproz Jerry Garcia, a great, non-fading red dahlia flower.

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SF Chronicle reporter Anna Badkhen is keeping an interesting and depressing journal during her travels in East Africa.

The paparazzi prepare for the birth of the Brangelina Baby. Yikes.

Many photos from a Beijing bicycle commute.

A large chunk of ice falls from sky in Oakland.

Fellowship of Christian Magicians.

Lance Armstrong's new, um, girlfriend.

Maps & details to 40 bicycle rides in Sonoma and Marin counties.

How to build a traffic light detector for your bike. [via sparecycles]

Photos from the 2006 North Pole Marathon. Bless the Internet.

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A penguin FAQ.

A glossary of hat terms.

I find it fascinating that people who 10 years ago wouldn't have considered train driving are drawn to our profession, train drivers used to emerge from a set pattern - they were technically rather than academically gifted men, often from 'railway families', who came to the job after working in other capacities in the industry." -Train driving, popular again.

The BBC News in Welsh. [via robotwisdom]

Hacked construction signs.

The phantom of Milo Booth. From a great database of Scooby Doo villains, 1969-1975. Bless the Internet.

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The Mystery Machine for real. Sort of.

San Francisco - World's gayest city. Woohoo!

When will the next great quake strike San Francisco?

A list of some of the other names for Satan in the Bible.

Buzzerks - Insect eyewear.

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How to get rid of stuff.

Professor Solomon's 12 principles of finding stuff.

VNRs & SMTs - Useful information on fake and pre-packaged "news." [via j-walk]

A sorta funny European travel guide.

Bengal tigers are not pets.

Fabian Cancellara leads a pack of riders over the cobbles during yesterday's edition of the Paris-Roubaix cycling race. It was a dandy.

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Profile of American pro cyclist George Hincapie, who had a mess of bad luck in the race yesterday.

My legs are a bit jelly-like today after taking a real nice and swift 103 mile bicycle ride yesterday. Good jelly though.

Bamboo: Remarkable giant grasses.

Economically important plant families.

Neat set of photos of the APL Panama container ship which ran aground entering the port of Ensenada, Mexico late last year. [via linkfilter]

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BBC: Disney offers teen-tracker mobile. Perfect.

Snake stories. Also, Australian snake bites.

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman stuff.

Useful list of pro baseball teams named for birds.

Starting list for this Sunday's Paris-Roubaix cycling race.

From yesterday's Gent-Wevelgem cycling race in Belgium.

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Ask a Track Bike!

Kinda interesting article on a NCAA Basketball Tournament/Photographer showdown.

How can I tell if the light in my refrigerator goes off or not when I close the door?

Living without a fridge.

What to do about ants on your keyboard.

How do you make butter?

President Harry S. Truman's collection of tropical sports shirts. Excellent.

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A guide to scoring baseball. Also, baseball scorecards.

A few photos from the new bleacher construction at Wrigley Field.

Baseball movies. Also, a guide to baseball fiction.

Today a multi-billion dollar industry, Baseball has come a long way from its crude and humble beginnings in the fields of 19th century America. More than a game, Baseball remains an inseparable part of the American heritage and an intrinsic part of our national psyche. -19th Century Baseball.

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How pro cyclist Tom Boonen won the Tour of Flanders.

How to make an origami superfrog. Also, the jumping frog quiz.

Face analysis.

Alaska's floating bookmobiles.

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Images of Poseidon.

It may never stop raining in San Francisco.

Real Estate hero Robert Kiyosaki signs a copy of Cashflow for Kids at last week's Real Estate Wealth Expo. God help us.

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Satellite shot of the newest freed Antarctic iceberg.

Some disasters attributable to bad numerical computing.

Federal Reserve kids page.

Afghanistan for kids. Also, Egypt for kids.

This image was inspired by a childhood memory. The suburb was somewhere around the north side of Sydney harbour and I was the boy on the skateboard. -The unique artwork of Ron Francis. [via infonation]

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Instruments of the orchestra.

Rickey Henderson being Rickey Henderson. [via sportsfilter]

150,000 sounds of every animal group and habitat from all over the world.

Elephant Listening Project. Also, an elephant FAQ.

The virtual museum of vintage VCRs.

They are leaving Truckee. Leaving the rock-bottom wages and the dismal living conditions; leaving the long hitchhiking sessions in freezing temperatures every morning. "Even if I was paid $20 an hour, I wouldn't come here again," says Samuel in the British-inflected English of his native Ghana. "I can't stand on the roadside and beg for a ride." -Int'l workers in Lake Tahoe have it rough.

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Virtual ice age.

An infidelity test kit. Good luck with that.

Noah's Ark versus a 747. [via thingsmag]

Tom Boonen out in front on a cobbled section of yesterday's Tour of Flanders cycling race.

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Fixed gear cycling in Seattle.