My favorite animal chronicler, Sy Montgomery, has written a great article on the octopus and the bewildering nature of octopus intelligence. Read the article and imagine yourself in the distant future, aboard a galactic ship crewed by beings from across the universe. You’ve got a new roomie, one from your home planet. Oh, boy! Another […]
After the excitement over the Fukushima nuclear plant, people in Japan are (understandably) a little jumpy about radiation. This seems to have led to the discovery of a bunch of antique radiation sources. A recent radiological survey of the Puget Sound area was done to establish what the normal baseline radiation level is (because the […]
As mentioned in Stop Podcasting Yourself, the delightful Brad MacNeil performs at Senators games in exchange for tickets. Here are a few I found at the Sens YouTube account: “Stronger” “Dancing in the Dark” “Eye of the Tiger” “You Give Love a Bad Name” “Friday”
Goliath, Westerfeld. Yes. Follows Leviathan and Behemoth. If you’ve read them, you know whether you want to read this; if not, I recommend you start with them. I noted no mechanical difficulties, most likely because the story was holding me captive.
It has, again, been a while since we’ve had any good FP examples here, so I was initially thrilled to see this link to 99 self-declared “Excellent Examples of Forced Perspective Photography.” When I followed the link, though, I was disappointed to find that while several of the photographs are excellent, very few of them […]
The Tears of Autumn, McCarry. Yes. I’m tempted to believe that every aspect of the theory presented in this 1974 political thriller is true, it hangs together so nicely. The writing is also very good.
Some thoughts on the (astounding, as always) collection of pictures from Alan Taylor’s photo feature on the flooding in Thailand. #2: Important! Does the “hang loose” gesture mean the same thing in Thailand? #4: I’d like to imagine this as a sitcom about two slackers who live in a perpetually flooded apartment. #7: I was […]
Rare on the internet, added context to an amusing video clip. In this case, on the importance of blowing on a hot New Zealand pie. I was surprised at the assertion that some viewers didn’t know the comment was in jest, but perhaps these would also be people taken in by the story about buying […]