Release the Hounds

Belgian "conceptual artist" Wim Delvoy makes a "marble" floor out of salami.

If he got a grant for this, I'm putting in a request that Belgium be expelled from NATO.

Revolving Doors are Evil

I knew they'd turn on us one day.

Ur Internet

The New York Times takes a look at Belgium's Mundaneum; an early 20^th century attempt at the ultimate catalogue of human knowledge.

What makes it so interesting is that it's creator M Paul Otlet envisioned the next step as an electronic interactive system similar in many ways to the modern Web. The article overstates the case, forgetting that Nikola Tesla and Buckminster Fuller had similar ideas well before Olet, but it's still a fascinating story.

Going Cheap

Someone tried to sell Belgium on ebay.

What amazes me it that someone tried to buy it.

To Accept Our Surrender, Press "1"

From the AFP:

Belgian troops deployed to battle marauding caterpillars

My money is on the caterpillars.