From the 12 November 2010 issue of Science (the top U.S. interdisciplinary scientific journal, read skimmed by many professional scientists) (330(6006):895 for those for whom print is not yet dead):
Saving the CityIn 1999, Yahoo bought GeoCities, then the world's third most popular Web site, for an estimated $2.87 billion. Ten years later, Yahoo ( Read more... )

So I might not have gotten as much done today as I would've liked, but I did get a few house chores done, yay!

Fannish stuff!

1) I've been reading a little bit of Inception fic in my, y'know, infinite spare time, and ( Inception slash )

Two more of my wisdom teeth are coming in (the first came in about a year ago.) My gums have been tender for about two weeks now, and today I can actually feel a tiny tiny bit of exposed tooth on one of them. Thing is, I saw the x-rays a year or two ago, and the dentist said "yeah, they're not going to go anywhere." They were angled all weird. ( Read more... )

( Bowling scores! )

I created a journal over on Dreamwidth under the same username. I don't particularly plan to use it at this point, though. I like LJ and I hate change. But I suppose if a large enough percentage of fandom ends up over there, I'll go kicking and screaming as well. I do most of my reading through random browsing of delicious rather than through ( Read more... )

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.I responded to someone before noticing the "...post in your own journal" part. OOPS ( Read more... )

It occurred to me just now that if this year is my 10 year college reunion (and it is) then it is also Sunnydale High's 10 year reunion for Buffy's graduating class -- what's left of it, anyway -- and that someone needs to write that shit up as a fanfic, yo ( Read more... )

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

ETA: OMG, how much do I love the Internets right now? Someone made a playable Zork website here.

Oooh, and I am another person who was totally unaware of svmadelyn's Valentine's Day project until too late, and I definitely was not expecting to have received one, but I did, and it totally made my day, so thanks, anonymous Valentine's-giver.1(And I didn't click on anyone's... what were those things called? Valintinr, or whatever? But you all know I ( Read more... )

digitalemur posted about how many embedded YouTube videos have been popping up on her flist lately, and offered us some borkborkbork. Well, I'll see your Swedish Chef and raise you a Bunsen Honeydew:

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(Bunsen = Gaius Baltar?)