Big Trouble
Society has been turned upside down and a generation raised by young, inexperienced mothers is now running amok. Here's the kicker: We're talking about pachyderms
Wes Phillips
Pssst!
Bagheera: "You distract him and I'll knock the kibble off the shelf. He's slow—we'll make out like bandits."
Who Says TV Isn't Educational?
Pinky and the Brain present The parts of the brain.
The Blackwing Diaries
I'm linking to this particular day's posting because it's so clear and well argued, but this insider's animation blog is a constant joy.
Thinking As a Hobby
William Golding on thinking—and how almost everybody has got it all wrong. Hint: It ain't sedentary; it's active.
Giddy Astronomers?
Now there's a term you don't hear every day.As Dave Barry says, it would be a good name for a rock band (WBAGNFARB).
Slate On Bob Marley
I'm a reggae snob, so I began reading this article with suspicion. I was wrong, Field Maloney knows his Wailers—and he knows that the Wailers' best recordings are seldom heard here in the 'States. If you haven't heard Soul Rebels, African Herbsman, and Rasta Revolution, you haven't heard them at their best. The American releases were way too prettied up and defanged. If you think you love Bob Marley, you must hear African Herbsman. Full stop—end of story.
Even More Shipbreaking Pix
Yeah, I'm probably beating this one into the ground, but these are awfully darn good.
187 of the Greatest Hits by the Twelve Tone Masters
Alex">http://www.therestisnoise.com/">Alex Ross links to this fabulously funny informercial hawking the International Mattias Bamert Society's collection of the catchiest twelve-tone rows ever! Alban, Arny, and Anton—they're triple-Ariffic!
Quantum Computing
SciOrg is reporting that an optical-based quantum computer has successfully demonstrated "counterfactual computation," which is to say it came to its conclusion using information that is counter to what actually happened to reach a correct answer. Also, the computer did not actually run.