Neptune - one year on.

Gynandromorph

Whump - see also more inside

Floppy disks - you're too late

Originally composed for Civilization 4 Baba Yetu by Christopher Tin has been awarded a Grammy. The lyrics are an arrangement in Swahili of the Lord's Prayer (that's quite a wiki entry, by the way). This is the first time a composition for computer game has been awarded by the Recording Academy.

Interactive map of Tahrir Square - (apparently Mubarak's time in power makes him the third longest serving Egyptian leader of the last 5000 years)

On photographing army ants - being a short treatise on the importance of rubber and benadryl. more inside

Bioluminescence courtesy of Synechococcus. Wonderful.

Journal of Universal Rejection No page fees, no submission anxiety, no articles accepted.

Old postcards invaded by aliens. Portfolio.

This makes my teeth hurt. Short version: old home gets renovated, then sold. And then... this will bruise your inner aesthete.

Optical illusion - it's hard to notice changes in moving objects

Not working with it, no way, no how. Includes FOOF (aka dioxygen difluoride), the pungent (carbon diselenide) and unbearable (thioacetone - described as "fearful" when made in a soap factory in Leeds circa 1890) and the much more difficult to handle than fluorine gas.

Things people don't say about restaurant websites . Recognised quite a few things that I don't say. And not just restaurants; Australian retailer web design overall standard is just bad.

Built to keep Napoleon at bay this Suffolk Martello tower has been renovated into a home. I love the brick work. Deeply envious of the view. more inside

Tracking the Global Recession - slightly UK-centric but a neat timeline from 8 Feb 2007 (HSBC saves for loan losses) to 26 Jan 2010 (Britain comes out of recession). Lots of links to articles written as things were happening. (seriously....2007)

11 Strange D&D questions - culled from the archive of the Sage Advice column.

Is it tomorrow already? Owls not at their best.

Abandoned on Everest - warning; grim photos.

Epic reddit thread on insults phrases that don't translate. via