dave, i know you like cool images for backgrounds...

this person does some really -really- nice ones.

www.digitalblasphemy.com

Been there, done that. For some reason, I don't really like paying just to get a larger version of an image that all the 1024x768 weenies can have for free. And he puts "www.digitalblasphemy.com" in pretty big lettering on all of them. Maybe he doesn't do that with the paid-for ones. I dunno. I haven't seen anything there that's really blown my mind though.

blowmeetheclown's homepage ;)

A Post-Cold War Marxist/Maoist Analysis of Decadent Breakfast Cereals

And the Jargon file: with frames or without them.

Macrumors Forums :whofarted

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html - CIA World Factbook. Great source of information. Fascinating.

Consumption
 

http://home.kimo.com.tw/netspooky/kikia/
the, cutest thing i've foud for ages, without being over the top, a must-watch.
Don't worry about the jap, it makes sense in a minute.

One of my very favorite places on the web - a funky Saturday Morning site that features everyone's favorite cartoons and kids' shows (and prime time fare) from the 50's thru the 90's:

Yesterdayland - Your Childhood is Here.

If you like funny (and real) pictures, and other wild stuff, check out ilovebacon.

And strangely, for some reason engrish is very prevalent in Japan.

MIT fun

Not sure where i ran across this, or if someone already posted it, but its fun.

Tom Tomorrow
 

Knowing how much we all love a good debate, I had to share this blog:

http://www.thismodernworld.com/

with reference to the recent posts of Monday February 18 and Tuesday February 19.

Boy, does this guy know how to make a point!

Tom Tomorrow would be right at home here in the Cellar. ;)

http://salon.com/comics/tomo/2002/02/19/tomo/story.jpg