The other examples in the Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness are amusing, but this one should be a puzzle: what did the makers intend to say? Prythee, get out your thesaurus!

I am reading (and quite enjoying) the book Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City’s Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan. He has useful non-rat related information in his book about Milwaukee (a town that has historically been ahead of the rat-control curve).

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I don’t know if any of these outfits would actually solve the problem of people looking at your chest instead of your face, but it is sort of fun to see the different fashion options.

Cool list of names for alchemical substances, neat!

The Perseids are expected to be extra good this year. Just right for setting up a hammock in the back yard and watching the fireworks.

Here’s the official list of the sorts of people New Zealand wants- do you have what it takes to be a Kiwi?

In a reversal from an earlier announcement, there will be Daleks in the new Dr Who series. I hope the Nation estate lightened up, since I’m more interested in seeing something new out of them than the same old thing. I mean, gee, maybe we’ll learn about the terrible loneliness of the cyborgs.

Menus through history from the Puget Sound region in Washington State, collected at the University of Washington.

Yes, chicks dig guys who read. Or so Penguin would have you believe. The quiz is v. funny.

I’m stunned and amazed: sheep get smart.