Knit your own fry-up! Oh Lordy. I need to make those now.
Category: Random Links
Links that I’m reading/watching/listening to/thinking about
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Real lightsabers?
“Is it theoretically possible for science to someday create a real lightsaber?” Thank goodness for Ask Yahoo, tackling today’s pressing issues.
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The Trixie Update
I’ve become obsessed with baby websites. No, Mom, it’s not that. I think I’m identifying because of the cat. Anyway, The Trixie Update is one of the best I’ve seen. Geeky parents are the most fun.
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Prisoner of Azkaban trailer
Holy crap! The new Prisoner of Azkaban trailer is online and it looks awesome. (Spoiler alert!) I love all the bits that weren’t in the book, like the weird little shrunken Jamaican head on the Knight Bus and when Hermione grabbed Ron’s hand. And I LOVE the scene where she punches out Draco. Kickass! I sussed out the URL for the biggest Quicktime version if you want to go straight to that one. EXPECTO PATRONUM! (Link courtesy of Kevin.)
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Graffiti Bridge
Pretty neat, huh? Make your own. In case you can’t read German, the text near the input box says that you can insert the “degree symbol” to get it to draw a heart. (Link courtesy of SixDifferentWays.)
Edited 26/03/2025: Link is dead and not archived.
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Airport Codes
Airport Codes – So that’s why O’Hare is called ORD!
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100 Movies that Deserve More Love
100 Movies that Deserve More Love. Great commentary on some hidden cinematic gems. My favorite bit was: “This film should have stunk more than a shipment of ass on Ass Wednesday, but it’s brilliant.” I’m totally using that phrase from now on.
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Three years of OS X
“Ars Technica takes on three years of Mac OS X.” The article is a nice overview of the changes OS X has undergone since its debut. I’ve been there pretty much from the beginning: Snookums buys me OS X; I track down the 10.1 update; the 10.1.5 update kills my machine; we make a special trip to buy 10.2 at the Apple Road Show; I cheat and have a student friend buy my copy of Panther so I can save a hundred bucks. Good grief, that’s a lot of money and effort to expend on an operating system. But on the plus side, my mom finally got it installed on the Powerbook her office gave her. “I can’t tell anybody,” she said, “but I really like it!”
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Gay Marriage is a civil rights issue
It’s about time. Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke out against the proposed Constitutional gay marriage ban. She and other prominent black leaders are making a stand that this is a civil rights issue. Good on her.
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Myer sucks.
As if I needed another reason to boycott Myer… Now they’re discriminating against drag queens! Man, I wish I’d seen that protest. 🙂