Thursday, May 19, 2005
The Oxford American Dictionary has a list of new words, ranging from Muggles to zorbing to, rather inexplicably, Day-Lewis. (By the way, I am dying to try zorbing. If you know any place that offers it, let me know!)
A Scottish castle is going to be turned into Hogwarts for the release of the new Harry Potter book. J.K. Rowling will even appear at midnight. Wouldn't that be the most amazing night for a kid?
I haven't been talking much about baseball, although we've been watching a lot of it. This is mainly because the Reds are just plain awful right now and I haven't seen many other teams (except when they're beating up on the Reds). If your home team is also in the cellar, console yourself with this collection of early baseball photos. Maybe we should try going back to these uniforms. They couldn't hurt any.
Speaking of ugly, check out the Forbes list of the ugliest buildings. I object to a few. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Ugly? Weird, maybe, especially at the angle of the photo they show, but ugly? And the Chicago Public Library is all gothy and cool, not ugly! (I do agree with Two Columbus Circle in New York City, though. Hi, welcome to our concrete block.)
The USGS’s Earth Science Photographic Archive is very cool, and only includes a small percentage of their collection. Can you imagine being the archivist?
And finally, RSS feeds for Amazon searches. This could be quite the fantastic development.
On to links from others!
From the Graveworm: anti-gravity is not a sci-fi dream, it's actual reality. Spiffy.
From Zazoo: sympathy for Kylie Minogue, recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and news of birds attacking people in Houston. Where's Tippi Hendren?
From Danny: "Nice for the Brit-linguistically challenged: A list of British slang and its meaning ." Club Creatures, take note.
Thanks, everyone! See you Monday.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Darfur Drawings
Monster trivia (I got 9 out of 10)
De-Animator
Call of Cthulhu- Destiny's End
Lovecraft book
American mile markers - photolog
Viaduct Virgin
Creepy UK beastie
Complete sentences tomorrow. I hope.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Next time I have a spare month or so, I am going to build my own Tardis (check under the "replicas" tab) and travel to a place and time where all I have to do is look at pretty clouds. Ooooh. Ahhhh. Of course, I will probably then be dragged into some sort of weird cross-cultural conflict, as that seems to be what happens when you travel via Tardis.
And now, some random bits.
If you are as sick of wires and cables as I am, you will love both hotchoz, which tries to simplify the mess, and wood.e, which practically eliminates the problem altogether.
Store Wars! Join the Organic Rebellion, you will!
If I was single, I would be all over the Quiet Party concept. I'm much better writing than talking, especially with strangers.
Monday, May 16, 2005
Remember the other week, when I was stunned that no one was making a big deal about the Oxyrhynchus Papyri? Well, here's part 2 of the story.
It's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen. Go spin some gold out of wheat, or scatter some breadcrumbs, or do something similar in his honor.
I am relieved to know I'm not the only person out there who thinks reading encyclopedias is fun.
And finally, three bizarre things that are even stranger when combined in a single paragraph: Fischerspooner has a weblog, hamsters are putting on operas, and Russian prisoners and mental patients create their own outsider art.
