A Wisconsin mayfly hatch shows up on radar like a storm. Yuck! (Via The Corner.)
Who says people don’t like eBooks?
The World eBook Fair, a one-month experiment in free downloadable books produced by Illinois-based Project Gutenberg, only began last Tuesday, and already more than 1.5 million books have been downloaded.
Robert J. Sawyer wins world’s top juried SF award
I thought I blogged this last night, but somehow it never appeared: Robert J. Sawyer has won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel of the year for his book Mindscan. Rob is the first Canadian to win all three major SF novel awards–the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Campbell–and one of …
A photo of Mozart’s widow…
…has been found. Constanze was 29 when Mozart died in 1791 a the age of 36. The photo was taken in the Bavarian town of Altoetting when she was 78. (Via Normblog.)
Photo of the Day: Light and Shade
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Photo of the (Yester)Day That Was Actually Taken Today: Flower Face
More photos here.
Etched in Time:
A gallery of amazing art created with an Etch-A-Sketch. (Via Drawn.)
The Tau Zero Foundation:
“Credible Research into Interstellar Flight.” Far out. Both literally and figuratively.
A pun! A pun! My keyboard for a pun!
Go. Look. Laugh!
A visit to Thog’s Masterclass
Every issue, Dave Langford’s popular science fiction fanzine Ansible includes “Thog’s Masterclass,” hilarious examples of…well, I won’t call it bad writing, because sometimes the examples come from generally excellent work by excellent writers (though not always), but even the best writer is occasionally guilty of infelicitious phrasing. The current issue has a particularly good selection …
New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think
That’s because they’re still sitting up after midnight reading articles with headlines like New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think, duh. I’m going to bed.
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