It's time for another Welcome New Users thread!!! woot woot! It's been a while (5 or so weeks, I've been busy and then on vacay, sorry folks) so there are a buncha new people to say hi to. Here we go...
→Read more...
Recommendations for books on managing people? I'm trying to find some books for a friend who wants to improve her management skills.
→Read more...
The Fastest Helicopter on Earth: Sikorsky aims to break the helicopter speed record
Today is an "I can't decide for myself" day, and it's all Lady Gaga's fault. [This is a petty first-world problem.] I RARELY go to big concerts. I absolutely do not want to be on the floor. But I reeeeally want to go.
→Read more...
Naked Came the Stranger. I can't believe I've never heard of this before!
Photo Friday ADVANCE NOTICE: Non Mammals Bugs, insects, spiders, fish, lizards, clams, invertebrates, molluscs and, um, pretty much any other living thing that is not a plant, does not have fur and does not bear live young. Creepy crawlies!
I need a little portable radio. Must fit in pocket, have a good antennae, and be available on Amazon.
→Read more...
Hello New York Bunnies! I am in town for the Labor Day Weekend and following week and was wondering if anyone wanted to meet up? Proposed activities include: Flight of the Conchords
walking tour, finding the
locations from Fisher King and a Metafilter
Meetup.
→Read more...
Anyone coming to Ars Electronica? Ciao, I am cixa. I'll be there.
Vanity Fair: Sarah Palin, The Sound and the Fury Even as Sarah Palin’s public voice grows louder, she has become increasingly secretive, walling herself off from old friends and associates, and attempting to enforce silence from those around her......
Has anyone seen the movie Primer? Gah, my head hurts. Probably going to watch it again today in order to try to figure it out.
Been wondering something? Ask a Curator! Today is Ask a Curator today, a project where 300 curators from museums around the world are available via Twitter to answer random questions on
biology, archaeology, art, history, Vikings...you name it. #askacurator
The Pirate Latitudes: when the French luxury cruise ship
Le Ponant was captured by a raggedy, hopped-up band of Somali pirates last spring, in the Gulf of Aden, it looked as if the bandits had bitten off more than they could chew. But after a week-long standoff, they got what they had come for—a $2.15 million ransom.
The Weird Book Room I must be weird because some of these seem not so weird. Also, I like typing the word "weird."
The Silver Swan, by Orlando Gibbons. I've been slightly obsessed with
this piece of music lately, and especially how it functioned as kind of a "swan song," the
very thing it was about.
What's for dinner? I got a tad carried away last night...
The Covenant: Francis Collins, a fervent Christian, thought he had resolved the stem-cell debate. A federal judge disagreed.
IRRITATED SHOUTING RAAARRRRRR! IF ONE MORE FRIGGING CELL PHONE RINGS IN THIS OFFICE I'M GOING TO SMASH IT INTO A BILLION LITTLE PIECES AND FORCE FEED SAID PIECES TO THE OWNER. PUT YOUR PHONE OF VIBRATE YOU A-HOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Here are a couple of tracks by
Les Aiglons (The Eaglets) 'Les Premiers Rockers Suisses:'
Stalactite and
Expo 64.
→Read more...
Stay Free's Illegal Art compilation is a mix of
(downloadable) songs that have been legally challenged, and in many cases forced out of print, due to sampling and copyright issues.
→Read more...
I fell in love with a female assassin: they met on a train and fell in love. Then Jason P. Howe discovered that his girlfriend Marylin was leading a secret double life – as an assassin for right-wing death squads in Colombia's brutal civil war.
photo by Marxchivist
