Michael Chabon And The Clock of the Long Now
Need I say more? I think not.
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The Jazz Discography Project
This is what the Internets was made for.
Did the Black Death Trigger a Little Ice Age?
I don't know that I completely buy this premise, but the concept that the earth and humanity create a complex interaction <I>feels</I> right. I think that more examples will be necessary to completely convince me (and others). Now that the idea has been broached, I'm sure scientists will be looking for that data.
And You Thought the Audio Glossary Was Strange
Meet the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. Example: Being stung by a Bullhorn acacia ant is "a rare, piercing, elevated sort of pain. Someone has fired a staple into your cheek."
From the Front Lines
<I>The Birmingham News</I> recently uncovered a cache of unpublished photographs from the early years of the Civil Rights struggle. Thank goodness these images weren't lost.
I Wonder Wonder Who, who-oo-ooh who, Who Wrote the Book of Love
Chapter one: vasopressin and oxytocin did it.
Nominate These Folks For a Nobel Prize
Nanopaint that blocks cell phones? Yowsah!
Spam Filter, Where You At?
Dear "poker casino 875,"<br>
I hate you.
Is File-Sharing Theft?
The BBC's Adam Livingstone says that he knows it's not—even if the Beeb did use the "t-word" in a story last week.
Monsters In New York
Walking tours featuring the gargoyles, green men, griffins, and hippogryphs of New York. When I first moved here, my wife told me that looking up all the time marked me as a tourist, which seemed like a terrible thing to be. Then I discovered that by not looking up, I missed all of this stuff, which seemed much worse.