People Needing A Clue

Instapundit refers the clue-impaired to Michelle ("A Small Victory") Catalano's site, where she gives some good advice about refraining from judging bloggers based on just one post.

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Sackcloth and Ashes

Robert must be doing some lenten penance for the cheesecake binge last week, as he has posted the pictorial equivalent of sackcloth and ashes. (It burnsss my eyesss, Prrrreciousss! Nasty wicked hobbitsesss!)

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Floor 42

Added to my left links (a bilingual pun!): a site dedicated to the brilliant Douglas Adams.

(Hat tip: Die Metzger der Lamas)

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Military Thriller Idea

Going through some old notes I found this scribbled plot idea:

Britain joins single currency; integrates more tightly with EU. At some later date, tries to withdraw; triggers response from Continent similar to US north in Civil War. Anglosphere (USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) come to the rescue. What happens to EU? Russia? China? Think Red Storm Rising crossed with Guns of the South. . .

What do you think? I'm not in a hurry to write it (the idea is about two years old). If you feel your muse calling, have at it.

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Robots From A to Z

In looking for the Stepford Wives quote below, I found this interesting repository of information on things robotic.

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"She cooks as good as she looks, Ted."

Wow. Somebody came to this site from a Google search for "stepford + wife + diy." (This old post created the hit).

And then, bless 'em, they stuck around for 13 minutes or so.

I wonder if his wife knows what project he's working on?

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That Was Quick

Father Tucker has changed his site template to a much more readable black-on-white layout.

I just complained about the white-on-black layout yesterday. I can't believe that my post had anything to do with this, but the result is much more pleasing to my eyes.

Update: He's changed it again. This time, it looks much cooler. The last change was more readable than the original layout, but this one is a much stronger template, while retaining the easy readability.

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The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

I've been noticing the proliferation of guest-bloggers recently at my daily reads.

Robert the Llama Butcher has noticed the trend, too. (Scroll down to Tuesday, February 17, at 9:14AM if the permalink doesn't work).

And his allusion to a certain 1990s movie has me thinking. . .

I wonder if the Missus would let Ms. De Mornay move in for a while to help me with my, er, posting duties? Hmmm.

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Evolution

Somehow, even with my light posting over the last 2 weeks, I have evolved into a Flippery Fish (although I fear I could regress to Slimy Mollusc at any point) in the TTLB Ecosystem.

I'll try to consolidate this progress with some fresh posts this week. Many thanks to my 4 or 5 regular readers (and those of you anonymous individuals searching Google for "alessandra + ambrosio + new + pictures" and "saddam + hussein + outcast + flesh" and "why + is + my + tetra + swimming + nose down") for this step up the evolutionary ladder.

If you read this looking for some real content on evolution, I'm sorry to disappoint. But Gene Expression should satisfy you with a fresh post on the evolution of ideas. They also spot an interesting article on the evolution of language and point out a new article on evolution and paleontology. Enjoy.

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More Poetic Spam

I got this from a spammer selling "generic" Cialis.

Looks like something Jim Morrison would have written, had he survived the sixties and gone into advertising:

Now and then, mastadon over tea party
Give secret financial aid to ribbon behind.
Sometimes around hand laughs out loud,
But living with graduated cylinder
Always know tripod behind!
Gonad for jersey cow laugh and drink all night
With traffic light from tape recorder,
Or prime minister about secretly admire around debutante.
Particle accelerator around impresario meditates,
Because fairy related to organize power drill beyond stovepipe.
When bullfrog for lunatic ruminates, behind toothpick panics.
A few bonbons, and wheelbarrow living with gonad
To arrive at a state of mastadon.
Most tea parties believe that over pickup truck
Conquer mortician behind.

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Immersive Virtual Environments

I wonder if Professor Hall knows about this project at Virginia Tech?

The picture in the linked article reminds me a little of the clear interactive computer screens at precrime headquarters in Minority Report.

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Ten "Classic" Technologies

Geekpress links to an article on ten technologies that won't die.

I still use vacuum tubes (I have a couple of Hammond organs and a Leslie amplifier) and think analog watches and typewriters are valuable to have, just because it's nice to have a few well-crafted items that don't require electrical power.

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