Legos first: loriel_eris posted a link to a Stargate Lego set-up.

That reminds me of one of the greatest Lego creations I have ever seen: Amy Hughes's Abston Church of Christ. It's amazing. Go through the galleries. Thanks to my brother, who put me on to this years ago; I have been sharing it ever since ( Read more... )

Of interest to me, anyway.

Ireland has taxed plastic grocery bags nearly into non-existence: article in the International Herald Tribune.

This brief article from Discovery News is annoyingly vague about the methodology, but at least I know to watch out for more detailed items (and if you see one, please let me know!). One of the great mysteries ( Read more... )

A few links of interest:

First, two more reviews of the recent movie Beowulf, as much to keep track of them for myself as for anyone else who is interested:
Richard North, Professor at University College London, in Time Out London
John V. Fleming, distinguished medievalist and Professor Emeritus of Princeton, in The National ReviewEven more ( Read more... )

Frisian is generally thought to be the surviving language closest to Old English. So Eddie Izzard decided to see if he could buy a cow in Friesland by speaking only Old English.

NOTE: His pronunciation is terrible. "bujan"? Who the heck says "bujan"? That's "bugan" with a hard 'g'. Maybe, just maybe it was a soft 'g', which would sound more like a ( Read more... )

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Two links:

I support the writers (in case there was any doubt of that)--and I don't think we need to worry about strike breaking if this is the networks' solution: Leaked Fox 24 s7 Preview.

And then there's this: Beowulf for Business: The Modern Warrior's Guide to Career Building. If only I were in business, I would have to get a copy ( Read more... )

Or was it Beowulf: the first-person shooter? It looked like that a lot (I think; I don't actually play those games).

I'm going to steal a line from Roger Ebert's review (though I made the joke first in this entry, he says it better): "The movie uses the English epic poem, circa 700 A.D., as its starting point, and resembles the original in that it ( Read more... )

Yes, you read that right: Wicipædia (sorry if that letter doesn't come through on some browsers; that's an ae ligature, or "aesc" in Old English (pronounced like "ash"). Have a look!

My goodness, some people seem to have a lot more time on their hands than I do!

Pictures of Zachary Quinto as young Spock have appeared on JFX Online. The closer shots look odd to me--can't they afford a more convincing wig?--but the third thumbnail, at more of a distance, looks better (I hope that's not simply because of distance and graininess ( Read more... )

Well, technically, it's under the pub's parking lot. In 1938, the first time it was discovered, when the old pub was moved back and a new car park built, the foreman told the workers to bury it again so construction wouldn't be delayed. BBC News StorySomehow, it seems really fitting that a Viking ship should turn up in a pub's parking lot; they ( Read more... )