Making a watch by hand. via. There's this post as well, for comparison. Wow.

Australian Sourdough more inside

Roses and many pictures of Roses more inside

Float copper. Float. Copper. Giant chunks of....of....of copper. Just....out there. ... Gosh. more inside

Rematch - of possibly the most famous wine tasting ever. It's 30 years on (give or take a few days), so who aged better? more inside

The Butterfly Ball. And from the department of I-had-no-idea comes this blast from the past (Youtube video). more inside

Spelling poems! Herewith a collection of poems dedicated to the trainwreck that is English spelling. more inside

It's food world! more inside

Iran and the bomb - how long? "When some moron like Charles Krauthammer claims Iran is now just “months” away from a bomb, you can pretty much ignore him: He has no idea what he is talking about." Part one of three. more inside

Around Guilin. Sunrise and sunset are the photographer's friends. more inside

Child Support! So let's say you get blind drunk, pass out, get put into a strange bed for the night, wake up the next morning, and subsequently discover that a woman had sex with you and got pregnant. Are you liable for child support? more inside

Meet Tirhas Habtegiris. Remember Terri Schiavo? I bet you do. (Tried linking to the actual newspaper article, but reg. req.) more inside

The last Morpheus by Michael Zulli.

All your base rhapsody. (video) Brightened my day.

Amazing. I knew nothing about this. Apparently I was oblivious in 2002. more inside

The Quark Series A series of images meant to represent the family of quarks. more inside

Who wants to be? They are. In a country where 25% of the population lives below the poverty line, and the average monthly salary is $200 or less, they are having a fair. more inside

The forest of rhetoric Terms and definitions of rhetoric, from antiquity to the Renaissance. more inside

My my, doesn't the time fly Happy centenary!

NZ health politics are a little....overwrought, aren't they. Hey, just to prove the axis of the U's don't have a monopoly on people who say outrageous stuff. more inside