Friday, February 11, 2005
Anyway. It's Links from Others Day! Thanks, everyone.
From Scot: behold, Christo has fashioned a new masterpiece! (Those of you who follow Meet Cleaver Theatre will understand Scot's love/hate relationship with Christo.)
From Glenna: the Baby Name Wizard. This has an amazingly cool interface. See how popular your name has been over the last century!
From Jen: "a series of IMs, supposedly between Bush, Kerry, Kim Jong Il and Saddam Hussein. The writing is unbelieveably twisted, esp. the references to '80s song lyrics. "
From Holly: the Uncle Liam show. Weird Al is a fan!
From my inbox (I thought this was spam, but now am not so sure): Starz Behind Barz.
From the Club Creatures: come to Jacobs tomorrow and dance the night away!
Have a good weekend, everyone. See you Monday.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Anyway. On to the library links! Did you know that not one library closed during the Depression? That seems unlikely, but apparently it's true. As libraries get less and less funding across the country, it's something to ponder.
(If your own library closes, the good folks at Stupid Questions Answered are ready and waiting. And they're from Ohio, too!)
If you think that the stereotypical librarian is a tightly-wound spinster with cats...well, sometimes you might be right. Cinematic librarians have not really helped us overcome this concept (Parker Posey notwithstanding). But at least we have a cool board game we can play! Er. This isn't helping much either, is it? How about a Golden Book praising Zogg? (I have visions of starting a library filled with the weird and esoteric, and this would most definitely be in the children's section. Maybe even with a Story Hour performance.)
Tech update: get real-time traffic conditions in dozens of cities via mobile phone, thanks to Rand McNally. This is very cool. In my city you can even get a report of how fast the traffic is moving, which may not be terribly helpful if you're stuck in traffic but at least gives you a good excuse for being late.
For the arty: a list of six very good (and not normally publicized) stock photo resources.
And finally...how well do you know your Latin? I only got six out of ten, despite a basic grounding from Montessori school. (Then again, I was nine. I am still very good at describing how Caecilius and his dog are in the hall by the street, and that's about it.) I am expecting Satori to kick my ass on this one.
Tomorrow: links from others. Send them in!
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Have you seen a ghost in a ballpark? Have you seen Bigfoot in GTA: San Andreas? Have you seen an alien autopsy going on in the backwoods of London? Have you had premonitions about attacks in Chicago and war in Iran? Well? Have you?
Before everything falls apart, come out to Clusterf#ck this Saturday. We can dance, we can dance...
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Some remedies for the above:
- Duelling Banjos, courtesy of a penguin and a squirrel. (A penguin?)
- "Space: The Wino Frontier." Really, the title says it all.
- Bad Mags. No, really. Bad Mags!
- The strange and annoying blue thing that is terrorizing Britain. Heh.
Today's entry is going to be really late. So, in the meantime, go and discover yourself via The Rogers Indicator of Multiple Intelligences. Here are my results:
You scored as Verbal/Linguistic. You have highly developed auditory skills, enjoy reading and writing and telling stories, and are good at getting your point across. You learn best by saying and hearing words. People like you include poets, authors, speakers, attorneys, politicians, lecturers and teachers.
Verbal/Linguistic: 86%
Musical/Rhythmic: 79%
Intrapersonal: 64%
Visual/Spatial: 50%
Bodily/Kinesthetic: 50%
Interpersonal: 43%
Logical/Mathematical: 32%
Monday, February 07, 2005
It's been ten years since Richey of the Manic Street Preachers disappeared. The band has gone on without him, but no one knows what happened.
Also in music news: I had no idea Julian Cope had gone on to write a book on Britain's prehistoric structures. Wow.
Fascinating artist of the week: Aaron Marshall!
Also in art news: you can draw remotely with light on a person's skin (think of The Pillow Book, only more virtual) and someone has finally shown us how to make simple pop-up books.
America has more than its share of weird buildings. Here's a tribute to our strange architecture, complete with music (be warned).
