Symbolic Logic
Jeff Wong sends along a link to the Oxford University Press's "Ask the Experts" page. I like the "Jargon Buster" grammar feature, but this page on symbols is cool, too.
Wes Phillips
Reverse Dictionary
Ever been stuck for a word—say, you know exactly what it means, but you just can't remember le mot juste? A good reverse dictionary can help.
Recognize That Tune?
I know what you're thinking. "Did he ask 36 questions or just 35?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is the most powerful melodic neuroimaging test in the world, and could blow your ears clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
Bagheera's Box
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an empty box in a good location, must be in want of a cat.
I Can So Hear the Difference
"You think I can't?" sez Huckleberry. "Look at these ears—solid gold, baby."
Into the Abyss
CJR's oral history of embedded journalists in Iraq 2003–2006.
SkyMaul
If you've flown anywhere in the last decade or so, you've seen SkyMall, that compendium of useless, hopelessly geeky, and just downright strange products. Pretty hard to parody something like that, eh?
Personal Factories
Want a new bike? Just hit "print."
Prince Igor
Stephen Walsh's new biography of Stravinsky sounds as though it proves that, at least when it comes to hagiography, sometimes art is better without Craft (ahem!).
New Review Published
My review of Nicholas Payton, Bob Belden, Sam Yehel, John Hart, Billy Drummond: Mysterious Shorter: Music of Wayne Shorter is now up at Face the Music blog.