Unlocking locks. Padlocks. Deadbolts. Combination locks. Lock after lock after lock. Twist and spin — 23 right, 11 left, etc. Where is the key? Slip it in and twist, waiting for resistance. Every key turns. Every combination works. But beneath each lock is another.
“Dinosaur Mummy” Found; Has Intact Skin, Tissue via B^2 + /. :: HOLY WTF!? ZOMG! (tags: biology dinosaurs evolution news science todo) The Omni Group – OmniGraffle 5.0 – Beta 1 via TUAW (tags: beta OmniGraffle todo) Master Your DSLR Camera, Part 2: Manual Mode and More via LifeHacker (tags: camera DSLR photography essay todo)
Where is cornstarch found? Just how tall is Joanne Klein? Dream about mushrooms. As an aside, ambulothanatophobia and zombie phobia searches more generally are second this month to “gecko vs. webkit”. Bummer? You decide! “Search Term Haiku” is a series wherein I examine this site’s log files and construct one or more haiku poems from […]
24 ways: Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6 via DF: “SuperSleight”! (tags: graphics hack IE png CSS javascript webdev supersleight)
Okay and… now it’s December.
We re-enter the house (she and I) after some outdoor chores. Immediately we can tell that something isn’t quite right. The air is an odd mix of hot and cold pockets and the smell of smoke is heavy and thick. She worries that something awful has happened (or is happening). We turn a corner to […]
Scott McCracken Interweb Extraordinaire (tags: Vermont friend)
The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses via Cracked.com (via B^2): blasphemously hilarious! (tags: history humor religion) Road kill for Christmas? via B.G.: perhaps the awesome-est stuffed animals ever created. (tags: absurdist surreal)
New Terrain Layer in Google Maps via LifeHacker: *H*A*W*T*!!! (also: it was nice to see that my guesses for the locations of the summits of various mountains was pretty darn close) (tags: google geotagging map)
The adolescent settler girl fancies herself in love with a doppelgänger of Dan Doherty. Her family moves west through the valley on horseback (her farmer parents, younger brother, and herself) and they encounter him in one of these frontier towns. He’s the vain cowboy — all too conscious of the receding hairline and a bald […]