Friday, July 18, 2003

Nevermore. Poe's The Raven, illustrated by Gustave Doré. Sorry - I honestly can't remember in which weblog or whatever I found the link. Could have been linkfilter. 11:09:59 PM   Literature | |

Shush! I'm pretty sure Horst and the guys over at NetBib are going to appreciate this: The Librarian Action Figure, available at Archie McPhee. Now I'm just waiting for the Art Director Action Figure... 11:01:34 PM   Cult | |

Amazing. The thingy on the left is a steam engine, invented by good old Heron. This and more at The Museum of Ancient Inventions. 10:52:02 PM    | |

Brilliant idea. £100,000 reward to cool down the Tube [This is London: London News] London Mayor Ken Livingstone has offered a £100,000 reward for anyone who can invent an air conditioning system for the Tube. 10:25:51 PM   London | |

Yes, I'm back. And a thankyou goes to Dave Winer (Arno Schmidt's great nephew btw), who was so kind to mention me in his Scripting News. And now my sitemeter is broken; the '5' seems to be stuck and the '3' pulverised. Anyone out there who has a spare '3' for sale? 10:18:07 PM    | |