The Wikipedia has a nice concise look at depleted uranium. As you might suspect, it is depleted of its radiation (it’s a waste product of the process of harvesting the radioactive part). It is, however, chemically toxic, like lead. And lead is really really not good for you, and is even worse for small growing […]
Linked through Gone and Forgotten, take a look at this archive of German Propaganda, in translation. The reason for the link is this Nazi debunking of Superman.
My favorite cartoonist and my favorite sex educator combine forces to make some sexy sex-ed for grownups! Read at your own risk!
Grauniad cricket journo goes goofy, public reaction mixed. It’s a much accelerated version of that column about balancing work and life, I think. I was unable to find a more pertinent link for the Betty Crocker recipe cards mentioned earlier. Some may take this to mean that there is a niche open for my collection […]
OK, so I’ve decided to allow myself to read a book other than for professional purposes (that is, I’ve decided to read a grown-up-person book), and would like to read one with a more involved narrative than the craft books I’ve been skimming. But now that I set my mind to do it, I’m not […]
Get your artificial hippocampus now. Designed entirely through black-box analysis: “Slices of rat hippocampus were stimulated with electrical signals millions of times, until scientists could be sure which input produced a corresponding output.”
While you’re doing your spring cleaning, why not consider cleaning out your wallet? Check your credit report, cancel credit cards you don’t use, opt out of marketing lists, and tell credit agencies to call you before they issue credit in your name. Learn these and more handy tips from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
For those compulsive headline-scanners and people who’ve exhausted the small sliver of actual entertainment on the web, take a look at NewsNow.
To the extent that claiming something on the web means anything, I’m claiming the phrase “Buddhist attack” (also “Buddha attack”) to mean a self-inflicted denial-of-service (or Denial of Self) attack. That bit of jargon is purely my invention. I actually coined it (in front of witnesses) a few months ago, but only just this minute […]
From Memepool, a bunch of stuff I want to look at later: Beyond Nancy Drew SFPL’s Lesbian Pulp Fiction Archive and people who re-use books as journals. Can someone show me how to do this?