Defrosting the Fridge

The Mathematical Cartoons of Larry Gonick, author of The Cartoon History of the Universe.

Muhammad Ali has sold the rights to his name. Float like a butterfly, sting like IP.

Douglas Hofstadter dreads the thought that computerized Bach might be indistinguishable from Bach Bach (mp3s here).

Stab stab kill kill arggghhhh!

Bill McKibben: How the U.S. gets Jesus wrong. See also: Where the U.S. gets Jesus, and how.

Ignore bloggers at your peril if you’re selling voodoo-doll knife stands.

Vitamin—web dev stuff.

BBC doco The Power of Nightmares is downloadable from archive.org, if you have a scary big pipe.

19 April 2006 · Weblog

Ace cartoons.

My mother is deeply disturbed by the voodoo knifeblock, and further adds that they'd never get away with making one shaped like a woman. I think she might be right, at that.

Added by Kirsten on 21 April 2006.

Never mind, Kirsten’s mum, at that price there won’t be many takers. (Note how they force you to buy the knives along with the stand.)

Added by Rory on 21 April 2006.


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