random funny bits

JCB Ballet (Quicktime video)

I still don't know what JCB stands for, though.

Google Moon

Make sure you zoom in all the way at some point.

I hadn't realized that all the Moon landings were so close together. (I also must say that the Mercator projection (or whatever rectangular projection they're using) makes the higher latitudes look decidedly odd.)

forgotten technology?

Forgotten Technology

This guy appears--or at least claims--to have demonstrated techniques, using primitive tools and materials, that could have been used to build monuments such as Stonehenge or the Pyramids. It certainly looks plausible. Note: there are several short Quicktime movies on the site, but under Safari, at least, I had to hack the URL to access all but one of them. (View the source and search for "mpg".)