Ong Bak, with Tony Jaa and Pumwaree Yodkamol. Basically, a hell of a lot of violence and stunts mixed with a nominal amount of plot. Which worked, actually, because of the fairy-tale-esque cum riff-on-Bruce-Lee-movie thread of the story. The fight scenes were amazing - mostly modern Muay Thai, with a liberal mixing in of classical techniques (banned from the ring in real life) and acrobatics (also, an as far as I know unique Krabi Krabong scene). In my opinion, the wonderful skill displayed in this movie, along with the rare display of arts that aren't kung fu, TKD, or Western boxing, marks it as an instant classic of a martial arts movie. As a sidenote, this was one of those movies that turned the audience into a small, vocal community, with many gasps, sympathetic groans, and surprised curses abounding. (also, Tom-Yum-Goong) (double tangentially - sorry Kevin!)

Chocolate Deities - spiritual and tasty, and with some fun trivia

Science Fiction Citations - a project for the OED, anyone might be able to contribute

Earth Language - kind of a symbol-based indie Esperanto

The 40 Language Dash - quick opinion piece