Signs

Australian wallabies get high off eating opium poppies, then hop around creating crop circles.

Here's a collection of short stories I've enjoyed from strange horizons.

http://strangehorizons.com/2009/20090622/empire-f.shtml

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2001/20010820/toaster.shtml

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2000/20001127/transubstantiation.shtml

enjoy.

Dr. Strangelove's Voice

Another link I found from The Online Photographer, but it's another good one. Weegee, one of the first crime photographers ever, was recorded just talking about photography. He was called Weegee (from Ouija board) because he always seemed to know exactly when a crime or tragedy happened before anyone else, sometimes appearing before the police did.

He also happened to be the voice Peter Sellers based Dr. Strangelove on.

Listen here.

My favorite phrase: "Even a picture of a drunk has to be a masterpiece!"

John Hodgman speaks at TV & Radio Correspondents' Dinner, is Delightful

Frames this 14-minute talk around the real culture divide: jocks vs. nerds. Obama, President, present.

They're taking my Kodachrome away...

Today Kodak announced that they will stop making Kodachrome transparency film. It's been coming for awhile, but it's still sad to see a film with such a history end its run.

In celebration, here are some 4x5 transparencies from the WW2 era. I think that the level of detail you can see is truly mindblowing. Even the best modern digital cameras, with the possible exception of some $60,000 digital backs, can't come anywhere near this level of image quality.

If you're interested in seeing more early color pictures, the Library of Congress has thousands of photos scanned and up on Flickr. Here's an example album.

The Joker's Greatest Boner!

Perhaps one of the most unintentionally funny Batman stories ever.

Bodyscapes

Check out gallery II on this website--it's a pretty neat idea. She takes close ups of various types of cattle, turning their bodies into design elements.

Sonic 'black hole'

Light escapes it, but not sound...

Ahoy, Net pirates!

Careful about those illegal music downloads...

Stop motion

This is a pretty cool music video. Check it out.

Am I still here?

Yes, you're here.

It's a short personal essay on the author's relation to the information overload of the modern world, particularly from the Internet. The overarching point of this article - that we as a society have become too dependent on the wired world - is nothing new, but the author's observation that we use the Internet to validate our locus at any given time is interesting, and probably an oddly familiar feeling for most of us.

Plus, I just like the idea that I have an evil twin inside my head.

Online encyclopedias II

If you've ever tried to look up song lyrics online, you've probably noticed that while you can always get the information you desire (with frequent misspellings), it often takes you to the seedier sort of web page. No more. I'm shocked I didn't know about it sooner-- it came out in 2006. I'm also shocked it didn't come out sooner, but apparently there are issues associated with publishing lyrics online that the crappy sites I used to use obviously didn't worry about it.

A site that contains significantly more depth and less breadth is, of course, This Might Be a Wiki.

Legal Logic!

I stole your images and use them on my Web site. You moved them. Put them back or I'll call my lawyer.

The best excuse ever

With its very own best note to get out of class.