A directory of free wifi hotspots, a special treat if you don’t feel like imposing on the unwitting generosity of others. It may need some research to expand the list, since there must be more than these…

Yeah, so there’s this funny article describing how to boot Linux on a dead badger. The really cool thing, though, is it’s published in a magazine that pays for sf.

Tim Minear’s show Wonderfalls has been cancelled after something like two episodes. I would have watched it, but Fox has made their signal too expensive to receive with my antenna. Perhaps as sad as the news of the cancellation, though, is the phrase "scripted shows".

A somewhat chilling Washington Monthly article on housing prices and the economy makes a fairly convincing (to me) case that the housing market this year is not unlike the stock market in the late ’90s, and that its collapse will be even more catastrophic for the economy at large. This would be spectacularly bad for […]

Somebody at quizilla says: You are a GRAMMAR GOD! If your mission in life is not already to preserve the English tongue, it should be. Congratulations and thank you! How grammatically sound are you? brought to you by Quizilla Based on the frequency of Grammar god scores visible via blogdex, a perfect score is not […]

From the description of the book Transcendent Sex: When Lovemaking Opens the Veil: “A spiritual approach to human sexuality looks at the power of sex to bring readers to the highest spiritual states described in various world religions, detailing lovers who have experienced possession, channeling supernatural entities, visions, past lives, paranormal abilities, shapeshifting, nirvana, and […]

An excerpt from a confirmation email sent to me by a hotel chain: "We’re sending you this confirmation notice electronically for your convenience. [Chain] keeps an official record of all electronic reservations. We honor our official record only and will disregard any alternations to this confirmation that may have been made after we sent it […]

If this is true, how do you explain this? Yes, they considered the bird feathers contamination, but if they’re producing the stuff in a "secure facility," how does that happen?

Me: "I’m trying to find retailers in this area who carry caffeine-free Barq’s." Receptionist at my local Coca-Cola® bottling plant: "I think all Barq’s is caffeine-free; root beer usually doesn’t have caffeine in it." Me: "Well, it turns out most Barq’s does have caffeine; the only place I’ve seen it not have caffeine is in […]