Somebody left a sample of Magnecote on my desk. It reads "I [heart] librarians" and has this URL on it. The target requires flash, and seems to respond randomly, so it’s not quite Subservient Chicken, but it’s somewhat entertaining.

A lovely photoshop Tell-Tale.

Time for the occasional acknowledgment that the administration has brought new levels of shame to the White House.

The apparently lovely and talented Heather B. Armstrong has a post that made blogdex today.
The rest of her site seems pleasing to me, too. Her monthly newsletters (well, the one I read) remind me of the best parts of Irony Central’s Story about the Baby.

Everybody loves Carny Lingo!

Who’d have thunk it?

I am: William Gibson The chief instigator of the “cyberpunk” wave of the 1980s, his razzle-dazzle futuristic intrigues were, for a while, the most imitated work in science fiction.

Even Nicky Brendon is working (and with our favorite Ralph Fiennes-alike Bradley Cooper (the reporter best friend from Alias), no less). Lots of other Buffy/Angel alumni are mentioned in the article, too.

The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service has declared a leap second for the end of this year, after which the difference between UTC and TAI will be 33 seconds. GPS-UTC will be 14 seconds.

H5N1 has started to spread among wild geese.

The tallest building in Bellevue (right at the city’s 450-foot height limit) will house a Trader Vic’s, as well as other stuff.