Just watched “Once More, with Feeling,” the musical Buffy episode. Someone I used to know had the same basic idea a long time ago (some malevolent force makes everybody act as though they’re in a musical), but Joss executes it as few others could. I think two of the reasons he pulled it off as […]
Yes, one of many sorts of nerdporn. Actually quite cool.
Elsewhere, I ran across this description of love (from the charming and delightful Roxann Ireland), and it struck my fancy: Love is a big, flashing neon sign that says, “Get away from this person while you still can!” I’m just kidding. No, I’m not. I’m too much of a big, sappy dope to wholly endorse […]
Having the odd occasion to try to determine if mail sent in a foreign language is spam or not, I have found Babelfish entirely invaluable. Combine that with the old chaining of machine translations game, and you end up Lost in Translation. I had not been able to find any particularly enjoyable phrases to Babelize, […]
It’s hyper-infectious, ubiquitous, and we don’t know what it does. Maybe we could use it as a gene delivery service. Bonus phrase: Nanette van Loon.
I happened to see a summary of results from a recent trial of a hormonal contraceptive for men. Some of the details: “[T]here were no major adverse reactions to treatment and no deaths. Roughly one-third of subjects had a side effect from the study, the most common of which was weight gain.” Also, “The rate […]
The thing I found most notable about this Wired article about how the Mac G4 Cubes have inspired fanatical loyalty among those who purchased them, and are continuing to sell well on eBay, is the complete absence of references to NeXT.
In trying to track down information on whether the Seattle Lusty Lady (they don’t have a useful home page, or I’d link to it) was going to be closing, I ran across this mention that the SF Lusty had been acquired by an employee co-op, rescuing it from closing. According to an earlier report, there […]
Do you want to write a book? Sure, we all do! Here are a few suggestions for topics that are currently not covered well in the world of books that are actually in print (updated as I think of stuff): Boat and RV upholstery projects Good tattoo ideas, including the meaning of mysterious symbols and […]
Northwestern U. has a lovely archive of US WWII posters. My other favorite source for such lovelies is the National Archives collection Powers of Persuasion.