Comments (0) Jim Reed Books – Birmingham, Alabama
If you’re ever in Birmingham (or anywhere close), love books and wandering around junk/antique shops then Reed Books is a MUST visit! Located at 2021 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, AL. I gotta get back over that way just to visit once again and see what’s new (old). 😉
New rocket car spotted in Silver Lake | Los Angeles Metblogs
Just hit the link and look. Then click on the Baron Margo link either here or there and look at some of the Baron’s other works. This is some serious heavy metal porn… 😉
So Fermilab has it for a year and the Slashdot geeks crack it in less than a day. 😉 Some of the comments are interesting/weird/typical…
So Fermilab has it for a year and the Slashdot geeks crack it in less than a day. 😉 Some of the comments are interesting/weird/typical…
Ian’s Shoelace Site – Shoelace Knot Comparison
How to tie your shoes. Interesting knots… 😉
Ian’s Shoelace Site – Shoelace Knot Comparison
How to tie your shoes. Interesting knots… 😉
Jim Reed, on The Museum of Fond Memories….
My museum of fond memories is filled with triggers and unexpected alarms….
When you walk down the long hallway of Reed Books Antiques/The Museum of Fond Memories, you’ll be surprised every step of the way. Passing by the front counter, for instance, a motion-sensitive black box plays the opening music theme to the Twilight Zone. Pressing a button on a small white square brings audience applause. Buttons on a seemingly innocent flashlight produce eerie screams and howls. A potted sunflower suddenly bursts into “You Are My Sunshine” and smiles at you. A mounted fish sings “Well, I’d Like to Know Where You Got the Notion,” ultra violet lights make things glow unexpectedly, and an enormous record changer plays stacks of recordings of square dances, children’s tunes, belly dances, Mister Rogers songs, Wagner operas. You may have gotten the idea by now that my shop is dedicated to the obtuse, the fun, the unusual…and you’d be right.
Interesting place, and person. Both are well worth the visit. 😉
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Old Bailey Online – The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 – Central Criminal Court
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court.
This is a fascinating site. Quite interesting to look into the court proceedings and recordings from all those years ago. I also like the ability to view the original document, some of which I can actually read… 😉
Old Bailey Online – The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 – Central Criminal Court
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court.
This is a fascinating site. Quite interesting to look into the court proceedings and recordings from all those years ago. I also like the ability to view the original document, some of which I can actually read… 😉
Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
The winter sun sets in mid-afternoon in Kolobrzeg, Poland, but the early twilight does not deter people from taking their regular outdoor promenade. Bundled up in parkas with fur-trimmed hoods, strolling hand in mittened hand along the edge of the Baltic Sea, off-season tourists from Germany stop openmouthed when they see a tall, well-built, nearly naked man running up and down the sand.
Interesting article, well worth the read.
The Quest For Every Beard Type – Jon Dyer’s Blog
This is one of the most unusual and long lasting pursuits into assorted beard growing I have run across. Interesting endeavor. And quite cool! 😉 Says he who has maintained a beard (mostly just through not shaving at all) since the middle of September, 1975 (if memory serves), which if I am counting right is 32 years and 7 months. 😉
Heroes of Lesser Earth: You Got a Light?
The Olympics are in China this year, as anyone not living under a giant golden buddha knows. The yearly relay around the world, this year including 21 countries and dubbed the “Journey of Harmony†by China, has been in full swing. The Chinese government is hoping that the relay will draw attention to their nation, and display what a good and responsible neighbor they are, and showcase China’s sudden economic boom. This kind of thinking has historical precedent.
Interesting, and a bit scary too.
Main Page – NovaRoma
Nova Roma is dedicated to the study and restoration of ancient Roman culture. From its founding to 330 CE, when it ceased to be the center of Imperial authority, Rome laid the foundation for our modern Western civilization. Founded 2,750 years after the Eternal City itself, Nova Roma seeks to bring back those golden times, not through the sword and the legions, however, but through the spread of knowledge and through our own virtuous example.
Not sure if I have posted a link to this site before or not. Either way, it’s worth a look for anyone interested in ancient cultures.
Sydney Dowse, who died on Thursday aged 89, was one of the principal constructors of the tunnel used in the Great Escape; he was among those who got away, and was at large for 14 days before being recaptured and sent to the “death camp” at Sachsenhausen, where he dug another tunnel to gain a few more days of freedom.
Quite a remarkable man who lead one hell of a charmed life!
Curious Expeditions » Blog Archive » The Geyser Riders
If you were walking along the shore of the east river on March 27th 1905, you would have seen an entirely singular spectacle. A geyser some forty feet tall shot from the east river, and atop that geyser, like a cowboy on a bucking bull, rode Dick Creedon.
Now THAT would have one hell of a ride!
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The differences between Las Vegas slot machines and voting machines.
Yea, the slots are a much safer way to gamble. Pity that… 😯 👿
The Society for Librarians* Who Say “MoFo”
Warning – Profanity… 😮 A lot of the posts are humorous but also show what a bunch of total arsehats a large number of people are to the good folks that work at libraries. If it were I in quite a few of these situations there would be blood spilled and it wouldn’t be mine…
TidBITS Opinion: Instant Messaging for Introverts
So I’m not the only one that has trouble with IM’s. Most interesting article with MUCH that applies to me.
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