One More Reason I'm Glad I No Longer Tend Bar
"Give me a perfect dry martini in a low-ball glass."Stat!"
One of Huck's Best Tricks
Marvel at the ability of one cat to occupy an entire easy chair—while not-so-discretely screaming "look at me!"
One Step Closer to Positronic Brains?
Researchers led by the Institute of Cognitive Science and Technology in Italy are developing robots that employ Embedded and Communicating Agents to evolve and develop without human "intervention." Better start making 'em three laws safe.
One!
My office window is almost precisely one Huckleberry wide. You'd be amazed how much of the house has been measured by that metric.
OOIOO
I can't stop playing "Umo" by OOIOO. El Jeffie Wong thinks it reminiscent of the Slits. I'm not sure I hear that, but then I was never a fan. Until I saw their album cover, I thought they were named after a cheap beer.
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Oooh-Wee Ratatouille!
"Seen the extra-long trailer for Ratatouille?" I asked Paul DiComo.
Oops, Louis Did It Again!
Jeff Wong, always ready to practice work-avoidence, sends along this fab-faux Louis Armstrong cover of "Oops I Did It Again." It's pretty well done, down to the fake Decca record label.
Order of the Science Scouts of Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique
Man, I want to get a sash and collect me a bunch of merit badges, except maybe "knows how to collect semen from more than one species" badge. That's just yucky.
Oregon Judge Rules Fixed Gear Bicycles Illegal
Fixed gear bikes, in case you don't know, have no freewheel, which means that if the rear wheel is turning, you're peddling. There's no coasting on a fixie—and braking is a matter of leg power.
Ornette Coleman Wins a Pulitzer
We'd say we told you Sound Grammar was a winner, but we were really just echoing what Fred Kaplan said. His essay on the record is worth reading again—or for the first time, if you didn't take our word for it the first time around.