This is adorable.

Some stuff I didn't know about DuckDuckGo.

The New Yorker profiles Anonymous.

How to spot an ATM skimmer.

Saved for later viewing: Mallory Ortberg reading male novelist jokes.

I feel conflicted about this article. Hmm. Too much about the heroic archaeologists, not enough about the tribe's concerns (or the difficulties of ( Read more... )

So I watched Galaxy Quest tonight (see below), and then, for nostalgia's sake, I watched some Stargate SG-1. And you know what ( Read more... )

( A followup to The Mill )

Quick comments on "Solitudes".

( It's been an honor serving with you. )

Oh, "Enigma", the episode that introduces our favorite non-enemies, the Tollan.

( the episode with the unpleasant silver jumpsuits )

I am watching Wish Me Luck, but I must admit that it's kind of stressful and I keep waiting for disaster to strike. So in between eps of WML, I've started rewatching SG-1, which is streaming for free in its entirety on Amazon Prime. And I remembered that I had done a series of rewatch posts a few years ago, so here we are with another issue of ( Read more... )

Insufficient linkspam (no more for now, as I'm actually working this week):

Here is a lovely Pacific Rim vid by Chaila.

Any pitbull-loving SPN fans will get special enjoyment out of this video. Heh.

I've done enough running to recognize the truth of this essay on the misdesigned human running apparatus.People who like fantasy with good prose, ( Read more... )

So Xeni Jardin, one of the front-page bloggers at Boing Boing, was diagnosed with breast cancer. This is how she found out. The take-away? Get that mammogram, folks.

Wow, I really really hate the headline on this story about the strong crop of women pop culture critics. OTOH, the story itself looks pretty good. But someone should kick the ( Read more... )

Revealed: the capitalist network that runs the world! (And no, not a joke, sadly.)

Here's a story about how happy endings aren't, always. Because people are complicated.

Noted for later reading: Jack O'Neill put on trial for genocide. Fascinating.

A report on the much-abused Kabul museum.

Tim Gunn talks Star Trek fashion. Coolness ( Read more... )

Yoon Ha Lee is a remarkable writer. Just in case you didn't know. Dragons build with death. I would be proud to have written any single sentence in this short piece. ::sigh::

Turnips! I died, I just died. So funny.

Speaking of comics, Doonesbury is 40 years old (!!!); Slate has an interview with TrudeauSlate is also re-starting their TV Club ( Read more... )