Friday, May 06, 2005
Jimmylegs has threatened to send the incredible Mr. Bones to me via the postal service. I think that Mr. Bones will eat through the packaging and make his way back to Brooklyn in no time flat. (For more exciting adventures of Mr. Bones, check out his recent rooftop expedition.)
It's links from other day. Thanks, all! But first, if you don't have anything going on this weekend, you may want to check out the time travel convention at MIT on Saturday. Of course, you might be able to visit it at some point in the future by traveling back into the past to tomorrow. Um.
From Zazoo: "There's a big write-up on Jacobs in CinWeekly, and our little Jacksons party got press. Woo hoo!!!"
From the Graveworm: Poliki: the VoteSwing Political Wiki, has been born!
From Glenna: what's your animal personality? According to them, I am a badger. Huh.
From Holly: more googlehacks, interesting options via freighter cruises, and hey, when did Cincinnati get hip?
Not from Dawn, but for her (and possibly Bunny and Scot, too): famous feet in concert.
Have a spiffy weekend, everyone! See you Monday.
Thursday, May 05, 2005
There is some talk lately that I look like the new Trillian. Woohoo! This is much better than the Monica Lewinsky comments I used to get.
Google and libraries: the saga continues. I wonder if this is what happened when the printing press really took off, too.
A gorgeous mummy has been discovered in Egypt. Well, the sarcophagus is gorgeous. I haven't seen the actual mummy yet.
Moving on through history...medieval furniture making still goes on today. Consider these furnishings for your next SCA meeting!
Publisher bindings have ranged from the banal to the beautiful over the years . (There's an exhibition for everything, isn't there?)
Before Victoria: the New York Public Library looks at "extraordinary women of the British Romantic Era."
A while ago, I linked to some amazing color photos taken during World War I. Now the whole site has come together, with a huge amount of detail about the war and its effect on the world. The shellshock page has an especially haunting photo.
A little later, Soviet Russia was fighting alcoholism via posters. It didn't work all that well, evidently. I particularly like the one titled Bartering.
Tomorrow: lots of links from others!
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Look look look! Meet Cleaver Theatre is in the newest issue of Creaturescape...and we're sharing the front cover with Mike Nelson. We can die happy! (Not that we're about to die or anything. I'm just saying. Wow.)
Christians and horror movies: two tastes that almost never go together. And why is that? The issue is explored - by a theologian, no less.
Washington's National Cathedral is famous for its fantastic gargoyles. There's a great guide online for virtual visitors. (You have to love a cathedral with a Darth Vader gargoyle. It's not quite a Christian/horror combo, but it's close!)
Georgia Tech is working on a strange and wonderful project called Voices of Oakland, in which visitors can "hear" the voices of the dead. (In a freaky coincidence or synchronicity, the original article I found on this was pulled due to questions about the reporter's integrity...and the editor is someone I went to high school with. Ohioans are everywhere, people. Muhahaha.)
Maybe you can ask an Oakland cemetery resident about the wisdom of building your own casket. First-hand experience is always good, you know. (Shameless plug moment: we just filmed a Meet Cleaver Theatre episode which features something similar, thanks to Emergo's willingness to check out various burial options!)
Did the devil really leave his (its?) hoofmarks in Scotland? And is it okay to have a burial ground near the site? (I'm not sure why the devil would be hanging out in Scotland, as opposed to somewhere else...but hey.)
The International Cryptozoology Art Symposium and Exhibition is going to take place in October around Halloween, but you can visit anytime before then, too. No word yet on whether hoofmarks will be part of the show.
And finally, some nice, non-supernatural links for the travelers in the audience. YourStation gives you a chance to tell stories and recount your experiences in the London Underground, provided you know where it happened. I have a great story, but can't remember what stop we were at, sadly. Meanwhile, in Bangkok, the former Russian Embassy has been explored, and still has a lot of its Soviet spy-crazy furnishings intact.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Behold, a visual representation of where you've been in the U.S. Above is mine. Look at that huge blank in the middle of the country. I need to go west! Find your own pattern.
I'm starting to believe that England is the center of all things sci-fi. In Liverpool, the Science Fiction Hub is up and running, both physically and virtually. Meanwhile, in London, the WEEEman is towering over the city, reminding the population of itss wasted electronic materials.
Buzztracker is a really cool app that shows you where the news is happening around the world. Unsurprisingly, DC and Iraq are the big hotspots.
Mr. Pop History will answer all your obscure questions, especially if it's about '60s culture!
Everyone has linked to this by now, but in case you haven't seen Darth Vader's weblog yet, it is so worth a look. George Lucas needs to take some tips from the writing here.
Here in Cincinnati, there are tiny little lights of coolness amidst the drab backdrop of the city. As an example (and the beginning of what will hopefully be an ongoing series), I give you...Test Tube T-Shirts!
Monday, May 02, 2005
Hey, did you know that Amazon has free mp3 downloads that don't suck? It's true!
In other music news, John Wesley Harding, folk/rock/indie singer extraordinaire, is also now an author under his real name, Wes Stace. The novel is a gender-bending historical piece that sounds fascinating.
Behold the spinning, motion-sickness-inducing Rotor script. Oooh. Ahhhh. I'm waiting for a sci-fi movie to use this in alien transmissions.
The good (awful) people at Something Awful have created Choose Your Own Adventure books that never got published. As per usual, they range from sick to hilarious to hilariously sick.
Literary Traveler helps the literature lover plan his/her vacation. If you're more the stay-at-home type, you can just buy some Robert Penn Warren stamps and send them to faraway places.
I am too late to send you to the Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race, since it was last Saturday...but you can look at the photos from the event and live the experience vicariously. Sort of.
And finally...I am a big Bauhaus freak (the concept, not the band...although the band is not bad either), so I am all about the Bauhaus Museum Archive.
