well hello world. in celebration of earth day, i share with you NASA's earth observatory. some gorgeous images tucked away behind a slightly heinous site.

its fascinating to look at old maps...

England is a nation of "overweight, alcopop-swilling, sex-and-celebrity obsessed television addicts"

to top off the list of "p" animal words, here's every "call my bluff" watchers fav: PECOROUS. its just the word you've been looking for.

the correct term for a baby echidna is "puggle." i'd only heard of the horrible looking mutt by the same name. the OED says "puggle" also means to shove a stick down a hole...right...

the hedgehog pic reminded me of the baby pangolin that recently died at the LA zoo. poor thing. another truly incredible creature.

living on a routemaster? puhleeez. in AMERICA, we dont waste time on the little stuff, this woman is going for a 747. that's right. read it and weep britons. we took it to the next level. yeaa

doing hedgehog research for a logo - WOW. look how tiny yet pokey they are!

its huge! personally dont see the appeal, but it deserved sharing.

sweet, you could live on a routemaster! well spotted by thecoolhunter.net

police horses train by playing rugby. im scared. cars may kill you, but you can still glower at the drivers at a red light. but you dont fuck with a guy on a horse. seriously. horses are scary and big.

googling "catching bugs" yielded this doozie. dont know why, but i love it.

that's right kid, you better be scared. robocup = sweet! with sims, minis, four-leggeds and humanoids all going at robosoccer. the robo world cup looks pretty awesome.

Check out the Toronto subway buttons! More importantly, Check out spacing more generally. http://spacing.ca/wire

probably old news to the cool kids. but newmindspace is awesome.

art - which came first the chicken or the egg?

curculionid. intrigued? email or msg me for more.

Life is funny. And mundane. Just like in a cartoon by Lev.

the first rule of fight club is... j/k kids. it's all about the sneakz, or "trainers" as they say over here.

save the cacti.

Man survives 10 weeks in Outback on frogs and leeches. "The next thing [I remember] was waking up, face down, in a hole... What woke me was that there were four dingoes scratching the rocks to try to get at me."

in contrast, its not pretty or professional, but its not just selling the image. matt embree is a good guy and he's for real. its not about the hype, but actually about the music and the people.

HOWIES is like oregon: wholesome, honest and down to earth...except its a bit too clean for me. but i do get pissed with consumerism and love this wallpaper, their library and their ideas.

david lodge is awesome. read anything and everything he's written. he's almost as cool as stephen fry...except nobody is as cool as fry.

argggg, my caption didn't win the caption contest! but this one was too cute not to post.

The 30-40cm-long (12-16in) eel catfish fish is able to propel itself out of the water and bend its head downwards to capture insects in its jaws.

the times has a gorgeous multimedia up on milan's international furniture fair. check it out, i promise it's pretty.

so what if they're a "christian rock band"? the fold is still fun. check out title track and new city.

The Philippines has recently discovered it produces one of the world's most expensive and coveted kinds of coffee...it involves "passing" the beans through a civet.

just watch the intro to this site, its beautiful. though of course having 2 olympians helps you get press quality photos of your athletes...

are you down with the bise? my advisor has a tendency to grab and kiss me enthusiastically after we've spent a week apart...awkward much?

The offending footwear includes a yellow picture of an Asian youth with bowl-cut hair, pig nose and buck teeth. also see: http://www.woostercollective.com/fashion/

the US took 4 medals today at the jr worlds in fencing (2 gold, 1 bronze, 1 silver). thought i'd post about a new fencing "channel". web-based, edgy and cool. i mean...they sponsor bas...one of matt's crazy friends. is notcot.tv next?

super close up insects - some really impressive pics here.