Wes Phillips

"Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,


Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;


Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide,


Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit


To his full height!”

Virginia Hall was considered so dangerous by the Gestapo that they crafted a Wanted poster with her likeness. The UK made her an MBE and the US awarded her the DSC—the only woman ever to receive that honor. She parachuted behind enemy lines with her "wooden leg in her backpack." So why haven't I ever heard of this remarkable woman?

"VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks." Mission accomplished, I'd say—but then, I'm already a huge fan of Edward R. Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information.

The Royal Academy of Art has been displaying David Hensel's One Day Closer to Paradise at its summer exhibition. There's just one problem. Apparently they've lost it and have been displaying the empty plinth instead. Here's the kicker: Nobody noticed until the sculptor visited the exhibition.

Who has the best hearing?

I've suspected this for years.

Well, I think they're fun.