Dried banana skin art. (scroll down to the bottom)
Someone showed up at my site refered by a search at google for "dried banana skin". This is apparently an "ancient african art". I have to know more.

The Welburn Gourd Farm
holy shit, these people grow over 300,000 gourds a year. That's some operation - one I'd love to see. I apparently just stumbled on gourd-central. Next time I'm driving through S. California I'll try and drop by. There's some great photos and stuff going on here though.

Woodworking Software Articles
long list of CAD reviews and articles on computers and software all as it applies to (small) wood shop work. Lots of reading for later.

Making liquid starch
from a usenet posting a simple howto to make your own from (pref) potato starch.

Stencils for woodcarving some ways to transfer an image onto the subject/material of your choice. Some I've never thought of too like ironing on laser printed or photocopied patterns.

what is asafoetida?
Now I (and you) know.