Best Mashup Yet
Yeah, Brokeback Mountain mashups are a dime a dozen, but this one is delightful. Go to the external link and scroll down to "Brokeback Mouse."
Wes Phillips
The Buddha Machine
No, not our intrepid correspondent from Sin City, but the anti-iPod—a cheap ambient sound generator with a line out for hi-fi connection. Rumor has it that Brian Eno bought 8.
Edward Tufte's New Book
Here's a chapter from Tufte's upcoming Beautiful Evidence. Some of the graphics are pretty blurry on the computer screen, but they look great if you print this out.
Coolest Camouflage Ever
The Glasswing butterfly has transparent wings (mostly). "It is quite common in its zone, but it not easy to find. . ." I bet.
How to Right the Copyright Wrongs
Bill Thompson makes some sense. Why is this so rare, when it comes to this particular subject?
Asthma Breakthrough
Researchers at Harvard Medical School may have cracked the mechanism that causes asthma. Is a cure the next step?
Alex Ross on Bostridge and Britten
Great writing in The New Yorker on a great musician singing some real "adult" music. I offer Britten as the refutation to those who say that there can be no great vocal music in English—I can't think of any of his operas or art songs that aren't immensely musical and moving. And did I mention dramatic?
More Beatles-Spotting
The torture, er, analysis never stops!
Third Annual Nigerian Email Conference
There's still time to register for the Lady Mariam Abacha and Mr. Godwin Oyathelem seminar on "The effectiveness of using all UPPERCASE characters."
More Bad Cover Art
A resource we'll never run out of.