If Escher Was in Grade School Today
I'd laugh if I weren't so busy crying.
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I'm a Professor
And I play one on TV, too. Why some academics can hit it and others have to quit it. Yes, we're still talking television.
Writing About His Dad
Steve Martin never ceases to amaze me—sometimes by his audacity, sometimes by what he chooses to do (any number of recent movie projects illustrates this point, although our culture's current resistance to good film-making is not his fault). I digress, however—this is powerful, honest writing and I feel better for simply having read it. You go, Mr. Martin.
Solid Wood Cadillac
We're talking two 500-cubic-inch V-8s, 1000 board-feet feet of mahogany (cut into 4183 pieces), five gallons of glue, 60 pounds of drywall screws, and four gallons of varnish.
Twenty Years On
From <I>The Guardian</I> comes "Fallout: the human cost of a nuclear catastrophe," a photo essay on Chernobyl that's difficult to look at—and impossible to look away from.
Academia
He was looking at me. I acknowledged, nodded politely, turned away.
A Babbage Difference Engine Built From Lego
John Atkinson just emailed this link asking, "Have you blogged this?" Well, no—although I do believe I emailed it to him back in ought-three. Disirregardless, it's a good'un.
The Right Note
A 1959 Walt Kelly <I>Pogo</I> page commemorating the best note ever. Nowadays you'd never get away with humor this wordy, but the language is intoxicating.
Four Legged (Sub) Woofer
Putting the "fun" into "functional kitsch." Sure.
Big Bang Timeline
Cool interactive timeline that allows you to slide the point of reference along a timeline starting with the Big Bang and ending with . . . .