Chet Raymo argues that George Herriman's love struck cat and brick-tossing mouse "turned the deterministic world of Newtonian physics upside down."

I guess I lied when I said "More tomorrow." That should teach me something about making promises during "Recommended Components" time. I'm sorry.

Because you get websites like <I>Paul's Boutique Samples and References List</I>, which, of course, attempts to codify every sample, quote, and homage from the Beastie Boys album <I>Paul's Boutique</I>. Probably more than you ever wanted to know, but (IMO) that's what makes it so cool: It was done out of love, pure and simple.

Science meets art and I'm transfixed. These are gorgeous photos.

Published in <I>The Atlantic</I> in 2000. What a great piece of writing. Long, but I'd have hung in even longer for anything this masterful.

This is just wrong on so many levels.

I'm not a member of the games generation&mdash;well, I kind of miss <I>Zork!</I> and <I>Adventure</I>, but other than <I>Myst</I>, most of them require hand/eye coordination that I simply lack&mdash;which is not to say that I'm immune to the levels of complexity and artistry that many games exhibit, simply that I don't get 'em, most of the time.