Calculating the terminal velocity of a Balrog.

Canada in a Box "...cigar boxes from this era provide tantalizing vignettes of everyday life in the new country, Canada." more inside

Where good taste ends.

Obamamania on the comics page, and it's not a strip you would expect. I am a longtime fan of "Over the Hedge" (not even CGI and Bruce Willis could ruin it for me) and, well, "Yes, folks, he can talk to animals... even at 3AM" is cool on top of cool.

Monkey see, monkey do.

Are you a god? So Bennett Prescott and a friend are on their way to California. Apparently, they live somewhere between the oughts and the nineties (the bad ones where the web designer didn't allow for your 19.2K modem). more inside

Tommy Gravedigger, Billy Bricks, Dai Llewellyn and all "Home on vacation in 1972, a photography student saw that the essence of his Welsh town was about to be torn apart by redevelopment. Now the social significance of his images has been recognised."

Today is Mister Rogers' 80th birthday, and in honor of this most momentous of days, I think you should read this Esquire profile of him. It's a little long, so if you haven't got the time, you can look at a list of 15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever. Or you could watch a a nine-part Google video of interviews with Fred Rogers. more inside

5 Reasons Why "The Customer Is Always Right" Is Wrong The "Chief Happiness Officer" gives his encouragement to the legions of 'Customer Service' workers who either (1) don't know what they're doing (2) don't care or (3) are being paid to say NO. I'm a customer and I do NOT endorse this message. more inside

ONLY IN YORKSHIRE. A people who really know the value of the folding stuff.

Sing along with Carmina Burana! (flash video) This is one even the kids will be glad to join in. Or perhaps you've always wondered what they were saying in those Bollywood videos. (YouTube) more inside

Flipping particle could explain missing antimatter - In its early days, the cosmos was apparently a cauldron of radiation & equal amounts of matter and antimatter. As it cooled, all the antimatter supposedly was annihilated in collisions with matter - but for some reason the proportions ended up lopsided, allowing some of the matter to form the elements, stars and galaxies we see today. The precise reason for this is unknown to physics, perhaps until now. more inside

Match It For Pratchett , by Pat Cadigan (his Livejournal blog). Donate to Alzheimer's Research Trust to match Terry Pratchett's US$1 million donation. more inside

Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90 :-( You'll be remembered by the nerds of the world! more inside

A Life 4 Sale Ian is fed up with his life, and is ready to sell it all. So he says... [youtube]

Grand Central Freeze. Some static talking point, I think!

Dakota the Dinosaur Mummy getting ready for her big show. More info here and here.

Say It Ain't So! Septics To Re-make Spaced! Top-notch Brit Sit-com Spaced is about to be buggered to buggery by our friends across the pond. more inside

The Big Dog Quadruped Robot is Evolving - FLV video with sound - We've talked about Boston Dynamics' Quadruped Robot before (but the video link is dead now). Here's an update. It runs, it jumps, it dances to the sound of a model airplane engine: it crosses the uncanny valley. Hello, biological entities, this is the future.

3-17-08 Never Forget: The leprechaun invasion has begun. (Youtube)