<A HREF="http://www.clivejames.com/index.cfm">Clive James</A> has a website, which is full of stuff that'll keep you riveted to your chair.

You didn't think people did it for the money, did you?

In <I>FilmMaker</I>, Scott Macauley has written a spirited preview/interview of Richard Linklater's <I>A Scanner Darkly</I>, which he says is the first faithful film based on a Philip K. Dick novel. I hope so, because the early trailer I saw had an overly-rotoscoped look that I didn't simply hate, I detested. Macauley makes me want to see the movie anyway.

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.