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Saturday, September 18, 2004

A meta postcript: you can find out when Folderol gets updated via Bloglines these days. Ah, technology!

Friday, September 17, 2004

Hey there. The Links from Others Day has been postponed until Monday, owing to the fact that the links and I are in two different places at the moment. (That makes it sound as if I'm on Mars, but sadly it is nothing as exciting as interstellar travel.) Folderol will return in all its blazing binary glory on Monday. See you then!

Thursday, September 16, 2004

Okay, what's the deal with all the patriotic magnets on cars around here? I went on vacation in June, and when I came back in July it was as if Les Nesman had dropped a zillion magnets out of a heliocopter. I feel like I'm driving past everyone's refridgerator these days.

This just in: information is attacking your face. Eyetracking studies! A mouse you move remotely with your nose (called...wait for it...a nouse)! Soon the Borg will show up and jam a wire into your skull. I'm just warning you ahead of time.

New innovations: Blabble explores what's happening in real time in the online world; Findory gives you a way to customize the news you read; and Amazon's a9 search engine is out of beta testing.

Jessamyn of librarian.net is featured in an article titled "Don't Mess with Librarians." Yeah! Don't! We can turn into hurricanes if need be! (Sorry to all in my path of wrath. It's nothing personal. Honest.)

And for fun, check out the International Crop Circle Database. Do you think I could get a grant to visit them all and make a coffee table book out of the photos?

Tomorrow: links from others. Stay tuned.

Wednesday, September 15, 2004

It's time for the weekend fun report. If you live near the Florida panhandle or New Orleans, please disregard this report and head for the hills.

This week, it's all about festivals. In alphabetical order, we have the Ganesh Festival in India (elephant gods abound), the Icarus Festival in France (would-be pilots abound), the Renaissance Festival in Ohio (leather mug stands and cries of "huzzah!" abound), and the, um, Testicle Festival (also known as the "Testy Festy") in Montana (the delicacy known as "cowboy caviar" abounds). Er.

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Look, people, I told you not to get me angry.

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TROPICAL STORM JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER 5

JEANNE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AS IT HEADS TOWARD THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS......HURRICANE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ISSUED...
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Before we get to the pop culture stuff, I bring you an interesting article on Alfred Russel Wallace, a scientist who also embraced the supernatural. I love the dichotomy of the Victorians.

On to modern weird stuff, like inappropriate toys for kids (yoinked from Ookee) and the joys of strange junk food (including a guide on how to make deep-fried Oreos. EWWW!!!). Gael of Pop Culture Junk Mail also writes Test Pattern, which is currently reviewing an old Betty Crocker cookbook. Another entry in the oldie-but-goodie category is the Institute for Naming Children Humanely (I.N.C.H.), which hasn't been updated in years but is still a great read.

Monday, September 13, 2004

Well, this is disheartening: sci-fi is in crisis, my fair city has ruled that any kind of sampling is illegal, pre-fab housing isn't all it's cracked up to be, and David has bad posture and should look into pilates. Maybe we should all stay in bed.

I refuse to give up the prefab idea, though. Bunny and I really want to live in a monolithic dome some day. How could I resist something that looks so damn cool?

Another investigation into the life of Shakespeare reveals some interesting aspects of the man -- particularly in regards to religion. Neat stuff.

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