Best Mashup Yet
Yeah, Brokeback Mountain mashups are a dime a dozen, but this one is delightful. Go to the external link and scroll down to "Brokeback Mouse."
Wes Phillips
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Whale Songs Are, Well, Songs
Scientists turn to information theory to analyze the complexity, redundency, and predictability of the songs of the Humpback whale. Their conclusion? Well, we need more research—but our lack of knowledge is now so much better informed.
How to Draw Innards
Kevin Hulsey offers a fascinating tutorial on how to do cut-away illustrations. I have so much respect for folks who can clearly conceptualize complex devices, much less portray them for the rest of us.
More Bad Cover Art
A resource we'll never run out of.
Third Annual Nigerian Email Conference
There's still time to register for the Lady Mariam Abacha and Mr. Godwin Oyathelem seminar on "The effectiveness of using all UPPERCASE characters."
More Beatles-Spotting
The torture, er, analysis never stops!
Alex Ross on Bostridge and Britten
Great writing in The New Yorker on a great musician singing some real "adult" music. I offer Britten as the refutation to those who say that there can be no great vocal music in English—I can't think of any of his operas or art songs that aren't immensely musical and moving. And did I mention dramatic?
Asthma Breakthrough
Researchers at Harvard Medical School may have cracked the mechanism that causes asthma. Is a cure the next step?
How to Right the Copyright Wrongs
Bill Thompson makes some sense. Why is this so rare, when it comes to this particular subject?
Coolest Camouflage Ever
The Glasswing butterfly has transparent wings (mostly). "It is quite common in its zone, but it not easy to find. . ." I bet.