Linkspam needs to clip the dog's nails
If you're an SF/fantasy fan, I can pretty much guarantee you'll find something you like up for sale at the Con or Bust auction! Check it out, there are all sorts of offers, including signed first editions and no end of other cool things. And of course the money goes to a worthy cause.
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I had a good meal last night--homemade coq au vin--with a friend, and we killed a bottle of red wine, and now I'm a bit foggy and cranky.
So let's start with baby animals: a two-hour-old baby tapir named Dexter. So cute!
Language Log posts on linguistic anachronism in Downton Abbey. Me, I was wondering about the yellow Labs, but apparently they are just possible--the first was recorded in 1899.
Vintage Space explains the history of Tang.
By way of Boing Boing: a history of carpooling. Coolness.
Also from BB: the scale of the universe. SO COOL.
Sociological Images reminds us of an upcoming shopping opportunity. ::facepalm::
Sociological Images also points out the failure of cut and paste when it comes to religion-specific holiday cards. Woops. Although to be fair, this is so egregious an error, I wonder if it's fake.
I used to really like Graphjam, but I'm getting kind of sick of the overt sexism in the posts. (And that's a mild representation.) Sigh.
Another BB link: someone studied US box office returns and torrenting, and determined that there is no relationship. Which I could have told them: if I want to see a movie when it comes out, I'll watch it in the theaters.
Copyfight, by the way, has links to three new stories from the post-SOPA world.
The Big Picture today is all about skating. Cool! One of the things I miss about growing up in New England is skating on a lake in the winter: man-made rinks (indoors or outdoors) just aren't the same.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.
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I had a good meal last night--homemade coq au vin--with a friend, and we killed a bottle of red wine, and now I'm a bit foggy and cranky.
So let's start with baby animals: a two-hour-old baby tapir named Dexter. So cute!
Language Log posts on linguistic anachronism in Downton Abbey. Me, I was wondering about the yellow Labs, but apparently they are just possible--the first was recorded in 1899.
Vintage Space explains the history of Tang.
By way of Boing Boing: a history of carpooling. Coolness.
Also from BB: the scale of the universe. SO COOL.
Sociological Images reminds us of an upcoming shopping opportunity. ::facepalm::
Sociological Images also points out the failure of cut and paste when it comes to religion-specific holiday cards. Woops. Although to be fair, this is so egregious an error, I wonder if it's fake.
I used to really like Graphjam, but I'm getting kind of sick of the overt sexism in the posts. (And that's a mild representation.) Sigh.
Another BB link: someone studied US box office returns and torrenting, and determined that there is no relationship. Which I could have told them: if I want to see a movie when it comes out, I'll watch it in the theaters.
Copyfight, by the way, has links to three new stories from the post-SOPA world.
The Big Picture today is all about skating. Cool! One of the things I miss about growing up in New England is skating on a lake in the winter: man-made rinks (indoors or outdoors) just aren't the same.
Crossposted from DW, where there are
comments; comment here or there.