…you won’t find very much on the internet about the elusive “out-of-control doughnut trailer”, never mind how much danger it portends. (Above: helpful illustration)
No matter how hard you look
Posted by Ben on October 24, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/no-matter-how-hard-you-look/
Slugs 0, Spice 2
Think what you will; it’s hard to dislike an article that includes a chart with the title “Slugs and snails v sugar and spice”. Really. The article in the Economist looks at studies examining the differences between boys and girls, men and women, monkeys and monkeyettes. Some interesting, marginally inconclusive findings, all encompassed (mostly) by […]
Posted by Ben on October 19, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/slugs-0-spice-2/
It’s so crazy, it just might work…
My Very Excellent Mother Could Just Serve Us Nuts, Pizza, Carrots ’n’ Xylophones! …as a mnemonic to remember the new assortment of planetary bodies in the heavens. Because everyone likes xylophones. (NYT: “Planets Askew In Heavens, and Here on Earth, a Mess,” by Dennis Overbye [Aug 22, 2006])
Posted by Ben on October 19, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/its-so-crazy-it-just-might-work/
Redefining ‘normality’
Dutch findings suggest one in 25 people regularly hears voices. (BBC News: “Voices in the head ‘are normal’” [Sept 18, 2006])
Posted by Ben on October 18, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/redefining-normality/
The Science of Sleep (*****)
(2006) dir. Michel Gondry – w/ Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, plus also Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Aurélia Petit, Sacha Bourdo, Pierre Vaneck, Stéphane Metzger, Alain de Moyencourt, and so on. Synopsis: Any ‘plot summary’ you get is going to be deficient in some way; this is a movie that veers back and […]
Posted by Ben on October 5, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-science-of-sleep/
It should come as no surprise…
…to find a wealth of live music recordings on the Internet Archive. Nonetheless, I’m surprised. Can you see it? The surprise? (I discover this through the back door, finding a concert of A Silver Mt. Zion via some web page–I’ve long since forgotten which–and then discovering, also, some Handsome Family stuff as well. At time […]
Posted by Ben on October 4, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/it-should-come-as-no-surprise/
More mashup goodness
The Kleptones bring you a discless two-disc mash-up extravaganza, downloadable in various formats and combinations from their web site. (via BoingBoing from ages ago)
Posted by Ben on September 30, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/more-mashup-goodness/
Have a craving for some Italian fiction with Paul Bunyan set in the Hamptons?
Too bad, probably. But go ahead and search FictionFinder anyway, just in case. An excellent searchable database put together by the Online Computer Library Center, FictionFinder lets you search (or browse) by character, setting, literary form, awards, and lots of other things, too. (Like author and title, for instance.) Not only that, but once you […]
Posted by Ben on September 29, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/have-a-craving-for-some-italian-fiction-with-paul-bunyan-set-in-the-hamptons/
Edible Indeed
I’m hoping that the “practically” in this food encyclopedia’s title refers to the encyclopedia itself and not to the food, but in any case, it’s a potentially useful resource. Honestly, where else can you find out about the Nottingham Goose Fair, lingonberries, and spiny lobster–all in one place? Nowhere, that’s where! (And Wikipedia, perhaps, but […]
Posted by Ben on September 28, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/edible-indeed/
A little (re)touch is all it takes
Think you’re fit for a mag cover? How are your cheek shadows? How about your shirt creases (any ugly shadows?)? See retouching in action, step-by-step, in this flash exhibit.
Posted by Ben on September 28, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-little-retouch-is-all-it-takes/