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dear lazyweb,
Now that bloglines is disappearing, what RSS aggregator should I use? -
I now have something else to search used book stores for
This has to be the best edition of Northanger Abbey ever. Sadly, none of Amazon, Powells, Abebooks, and Alibris seem to sell it.
Ariel thinks it needs to go on a bookshelf next to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies et al. -
this sounds like a riddle, but it's a serious question
What lives in the midwest, is roughly the size and shape of a mouse, and moves by jumping?
(I'd like to imagine that I was just the first person ever to observe the rare American Miniature Dwarf Kangaroo in the wild, but it seems unlikely...) -
RVP
Anyone who has reason to be fond of the murder of the Duke of Clarence really ought to check this video out. -
Stratford
I just realized that this has been sitting on my hard drive since I got back on Sunday. Since we're moving tomorrow and likely to be internet-less until Tuesday, I figure I should probably post it now, even though I think I'd originally been planning on saying a little more ( Read more... ) -
shockingly, Google doesn't give me any hits that suggest someone else has thought of these
"These are the best asymptotes ever!" said Tom hyperbolically.
"I seem to have trouble maintaining a single focus," said Tom elliptically. -
*lightbulb*
"Eeyore" is onamatopoeic! -
Dear people who are more familiar with FPS engines than I,
Is there any way to turn arbitrary objects upside down in Portal that doesn't involve portal shenanigans?
(This question is brought to you by the Department of That One Puzzle I Solved With an Office Chair Where the Walkthrough I Looked At Afterwards Used a Cube.) -
someone is wrong not-on the Internet
This article (which I've seen linked to in a couple places, none of which normally write about UK politics) is clearly wrong-headed--it wants you to conclude "since 16000 votes is an extremely small fraction of the electorate, the Conservative Party was extremely close to attaining a majority", but that doesn't follow at all unless there was some a ( Read more... )
