I’m not sure why this idiot thinks it would attract vegetarians towards a meat diet, but it’s interesting nonetheless to hear of a meat bearing tree.

If you’re a map lover, a city lover, or a Paris lover, take a look at this site.

I’ll throw my opinions out there with a piece from Sam Sloan talking about the Sexual Freedom Movement of the 60’s. Interesting bit from some hippies on sex…

New airport scanners use a scattering x-ray technology which renders people practically naked. Less invasive than a pat down? Only time will tell.

[Thanks Jing]

Quickhoney brings us cool icon graphics.

Well, as any regular readers of NDS have noticed, the site is back, but the editor seems to have left the building. I recently discovered Friendster and I have to say it’s pretty cool. Networking made easy. Dating through friends, who would have thought.

Take a few molecules of cocaine, and a couple of drug users and what do you have? Trace amounts of cocaine found on 90% of Euro bank notes. The question is, can the dogs pick it up?

Learn from the experts, The Landover Baptist Church what a Homo Handshake looks like, and who will be on top when they meet in the toilet! They sure do know their handshakes!

Gotta hand it to these folks doing “studies”. How the heck do they determine Rio to be the world’s friendliest city pre tell? I mean granted it’s warm, and the people are beautiful. I mean heck I had a great time. The people there were very friendly, at least when I wasn’t getting MUGGED!

A new issue of Bruce Schneier’s Cryptogram was out last week, and he talks of Cyber-terror and what the real threats are. Highly recommended reading if such thoughts are giving you sleepless nights.

What do Smart Mobs in Manhattan and Swarm Crime in Brazil have in common? Well they are various examples of how quickly advancing technology is allowing sometimes crimes, sometimes political activism, but generally things the government would rather do without, to happen nonetheless.

Here’s an interesting piece (reinstated) Daniel Pearl’s death conspiracy. Killed because he knew too much? Doesn’t sound hard to believe.

Reinstating some old content pre-crash. Here’s Nowhere Girl again… Free online comic goodness.

Maybe some of you remember that I had a piece on the impending RUBULAD party before my server promptly CRASHED! Well no sense in bringing back the old party info, but here are some pics.

The bionic nature of modern medicine gets edgier all the time. Take for example a recent economist piece on scrubbing donated blood of microbes, and viruses that don’t even cause diseases yet (Hep G). Further strangeness can be found with growing artificial arteries for transplants. More.

ArtBomb brings all the best.

If you’re a mobile phone fan, or just like gadgets, check out Mobile Tracker a blog which lives on the edge…

In the lyrics of rocker’s “Lo-Fi Champion” they lament an x-girlfriend’s becoming lesbo. Kinda funny.

Well I guess it makes sense, I mean they’re only weeds. I guess it’s a big problem. Who knew?

That’s right, it’s because aliens left advanced technology in Iraq that we had to wage war.

To me, the really great artists, writers, and scientists are the ones who bridge the gaps, and cross disciplinary boundaries. This is how we really start to understand better. This piece on Jackson Pollock is a great example.

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Check out this new jacket for ladies. Prevent rape, and look stylish at the same time! Actually it’s an interesting idea, combining a potent threat, while being easy to turn on and off. Just don’t shock yourself!

boingboing has been running an excellent series of SARS art which I keep coming back to. This one from NYC Chinatown is probably my favorite. Look at all those cute little smiling viruses in the air!

Indonesian Inul Daratista is making waves with her drilling movements. Muslim clerics are not amused.

These missing weapons of mass destruction is creating quite a little scandal. We’ve got memory lapses, smear jobs, but apparently no blow jobs. Some say the president should be impeached. Even Law Professor John Dean.

They’re gorgeous just to peruse online and you can even order some. Original postcards, storied, stamped, and sent.

Blogs can have a tremendous affect on news, just take Slashdot or Drudge Report as examples. Now more enter the frey. More at One People.

With so much talk of the end of the world it’s interesting to see new studies that show that human beings were once very very close to extinction. Also check out Wired’s Doomsday Guide.

Hey folks, back from la la land. My server had some itsy bitsy problems which amounted to major crash-age, and major restore-age, but things are looking up.

And big thanks go out to Peter N, for all his hard work and dedication.