One wonders if wandering radium is a bigger problem than previously suspected, but is only noticed when we’re on the lookout for radiation. Radium has been attractive to the indigent in the past.

Today’s Phrase that Pays™ is “Rimed with Frost” Yeesh.

Unlike sex itself, when writing about sex is bad, it’s very bad indeed.

Wearable meets cellphone: the finger whisper phone (actually a wrist phone). More info here.

The theme of this year’s ACM SIGGRAPH conference gallery is synaesthesia.

Based on the “Human Battery” headline, I’m guessing much of the blog action regarding this article has people discussing whether The Matrix was stupid after all. Trust me, it was stupid (fine film, but that bit was stupid, and making it all another dream doesn’t make it any smarter). What I like about it, though, […]

There’s a page with the Big Mac Index listed all the time. It does a good job with the currency variations, but not so good a job with the Big Mac price variations.

Welcome, all visitors from yoyology.com and howdy to fellow librarian Karl! Since the library world is small and incestuous, you must all promise not to get me fired for my various glib comments! If you break your promise, may you never again score free stuff from the vendor booths at library conferences. (Speaking of which, […]

Someone called today to ask if we have tax forms (yes) and would we have a certain obscure form (no, but we can print one out from the IRS web site). Could we do this over the phone? (Um, what?)

Those who have seen the “Chicken of Tomorrow” short on MST3K will perhaps find interesting resonances in this story about a retired chicken sexer. Update: sorry, the link’s gone all subscribers-only, so the tales of keeping fingernails exactly the right length to pry open newborn chicks’ nether regions are lost to us. I don’t recall […]