Friday, October 08, 2004
From the Graveworm: mysterious vapor trails in Cleveland, and French cars which run on compressed air. Maybe the two are related somehow...
From Zazoo: Cereality, aka "Jeanne's dream store," according to him. Heh.
From Daniel: Presidential Debate Bingo! You could also use this for a drinking game, as many of us are doing tonight for the debate. I shudder to think of the shape we'll be in by the end of the evening.
From Glenna: a real-life ghost story, a horror movie review site and, most importantly, ringtones for the discriminating cell-phone-carrying vampire. (Er?) Warning: that last page may have some nudity on it.
From Nicole: Is Bush Wired? It sure looks that way...
And finally, some words of wisdom from Jenn.
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Five things I suppose you could do to "the vote" if you ever tire of "rocking" it:
1. Broast the Vote!
2. Pummel the Vote!
3. Gently Strum the Vote!
4. Benchpress the Vote!
5. Botox the Vote!
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Have a great weekend, everyone. See you Monday!
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Did you know October is Medical Librarians Month? Me neither. (There's entirely too much going on in October. How can I keep up?)
Following up on last week's article in which Scotland lauded law librarians, a UK article says much the same thing. Clearly, I need to move across the pond.
Back here at home, a small town library takes on the feds. You go, small town library!
The Library of Congress (which could theoretically be lumped in under the "feds" label, but anyway) has a neat little nook in which librarians solve "Everyday Mysteries" for inquiring Sherlock Holmesian kids. Or adults, I guess. It's nondiscriminatory.
The fun people at Google have made up their own Google Labs Aptitude Test. Generation X is alive and well and reliving their childhood via high-tech jokes. Hee. This link was swiped from ResearchBuzz, which also pointed me to a nifty little icon-maker for your webmail address.
In the ongoing battle of the Halloween costumes, good is triumphing over evil. What kind of result is that? It's Halloween, people! Give in to your evil desires for one night! It's okay! Sheesh. (Then again, I spent many Halloween nights in disguise as Wonder Woman or Princess Leia, so I guess I can't really talk.)
A random aside: Slashdot has gone political, so you don't have to. Or rather, so you don't have to mix in your politics with your geekiness. ("You got your politicizing in my geektalk!" "You got your geektalk in my politicizing!")
A final random fun site: Who do you look like? I have gotten Natalie Merchant several times in the past. I have also gotten Jennifer Capriati, Kate Beckinsale (before she got all skinny and glamorous), Tina Fey (it must be the scar) and Monica Lewinsky. I think I'll stick with Natalie.
Tomorrow: links from others!
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
So. Bizarre manifestations abound, no matter where you look! There are strange things afoot in Alaska! There are unidentified flying objects in Ohio! There are creepy creatures in Japan! There are fairly freaky animals all over the place, as well as fairly odd humans, and then there is...monkey-picked tea. Monkey-picked tea?
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
On the other hand, in retro news, He-Man is coming to the live-action big screen. Er. This could be...interesting.
Daniel sent in a link to Ecotonoha, "a messageboard without a topic, shaped like a tree - The tree grows larger and greener with every message left." It looks a little like the internet as envisioned by Cowboy Bebop. Contribute your own voice to the tree!
And finally, bringing us back to the present, do you have your Halloween costume ready? Do you have a child who needs one? Are you twisted and slightly evil? Then you will love the ideas presented in the SaltwaterPizza Blog! Muhahahaha!
Monday, October 04, 2004
The latest IgNobel Prizes are out, and one award has gone to a study which finds that people who listen to country music are more likely to commit suicide. So you see, parents, don't worry if your kid starts wearing all black, drinking absinthe and listening to goth music; worry if they start wearing cowboy hats and listening to twangy warblings about trucks and cheap beer. Ha!
Also, the people behind the IgNobels now have a weblog. Yay!
The Army is buying thousands of copies of a children's book in an attempt to assuage the fears of kids who have parents overseas. This is kind of an interesting concept. It's not as good a concept as, you know, actually not sending everyone overseas in the first place, but hey. It's a start.
And, for something completely different, you can find out which incarnation of Doctor Who you are. I was the fifth, i.e. Peter Davison, aka the blond guy with the sprig of celery in his lapel. Pah, I say. Pah!
