#BabysFirstAmazon: interesting thing I saw on Twitter. What's the first thing you ever ordered from Amazon?

Amateur Astronomer Finds NASA Satellite Long Given Up For Dead This story is great to me. Guy is looking at the sky, trying to figure out what happened to a secret Government satellite, instead finds an old climate analysis satellite, now NASA is following up...

I almost never listen to classical music as background music while working, but I find there's something about the Goldberg Variations (youtube) that really works for me. Combined with quickchess.net, it's like a mental palate-cleanser.

Community organizations you follow or work with on social media. I'm looking for good examples of non-profits, charities, and other community organizations social media presence. →Read more...

Australian birds have weaponized fire. To flush out food.

for the love of god, montresor Not sure how this line from Poe's The Cask of Amontillado became an internet meme, but I'm all for it.

We (kinda) did it! Last year I made a couple Mecha posts about how I was organizing fans online to get a movie's soundtrack released→Read more...

Librarian Action Figure Nancy Pearl!

Happy New Year.