Well, not really, but it’s a snappy headline. Actually, a Slate columnist says why he switched to Firefox. I’m using Firefox right now, and I like it a lot. If I could get it to auto-complete in the URL bar, I’d like it even more.

Perhaps after seeing Eternal Egypt in BC, one’s appetite would be whetted for more at The British Museum (which I hadn’t previously noticed is the home of the Eternal Egypt artifacts).

After reading Ursula’s post about the dispatches from the library, I decided to add another data point to the dispatch on summer movies, from my own workplace (but researched from home, on my day off): A Slipping-Down Life by Anne Tyler 1 checked out, 3 pending reservations movie tie-in edition: 20 being ordered, 2 pending […]

While I love getting traffic, I don’t think I want the kind of traffic we’d get if I were to name the product, its best-known male counterpart, or the conditions they respectively treat. I must, nevertheless, link to this press release announcing the completion of Phase II trials for a promising product, just because of […]

I try to avoid linking to New York Times articles, because I disapprove of compulsory bullshit "registration", but I found this article about the pitfalls of happiness too apt and interesting to skip. Turns out being happy makes people assholes.

Every so often, something from The Grauniad will hit Blogdex, and many times (as in this case), it’s something by Python Alumnus Terry Jones. Since he’s a bright, funny guy, they’re entertaining and insightful, though he’s clearly put out by the present unpleasantness.

Holy crap: first a photon; now, (almost exactly, hmm…) two years later, an atom. That’s some damned spooky action at a distance. Of course, with only .75 fidelity, it’ll be a while before Dr McCoy is willing to use it.

I got me some Sanatogen Tonic Wine from a little grocery in Jamaica, and have thus stumbled upon the illustrious history of Tonic Wines. Check out the recipe for iron wine! And Sanatogen? Unless my bottle went bad (not impossible given the state of the grocery I bought it in), the stuff is pretty awful, […]

The secret lyrics to Law and Order, revealed. I should transcribe the lyrics to the Angel theme song. And one must never forget that “The X Files is a show/ with music by Mark Snow.”

You are feeling very relaxed. Your head feels heavy. All your cares wash away. You feel a very warm feeling toward the proprieters of FP. You would love to buy them many gifts. You feel youself reaching for your credit card.