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For your consideration, a brief dispatch from the Life Resembling Art desk: Alice laughed: “There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many [...] I’ve been extremely remiss in noting that the new and improved header would not have happened without technical support. I took the photo of Molly, probably a year or two before she died, but it took Heather’s assistance to turn it into a banner. Now… about those compilations… I’ve long held that no DVD collection is complete without a copy of Red Dawn, a movie that combined the best elements of Cold War paranoia and the Brat Pack to create the ultimate 80s movie. Point Break and Road House are also fine B-movies. So I am glad to see someone else give a [...] Just a leetle bit more with the reference madness this morning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, the grand old man of encyclopedias, has all its content available online… for a fee. But there are some pretty cool features there that are free. [...] Today’s post is going to be all about cool things concerning the information chase, with me dropping some links and generally babbling some things I find fascinating. Feel free to pass this one by if the above doesn’t sound like your cup of tea… [...] The Boston Public Library is digitizing their maps and making them available online. I love the Google maps-style control that allows users to zoom and scroll. I was able to get a good look at Q-town circa 1877 and see how much my neighborhood has changed. Tomorrow is St. Paddy’s Day, a day when Irish culture will be celebrated the world over. Millions will gather in pubs to dance and sing traditional songs: [...] Just testing out a new plugin… Just for s. and g. here’s a movie meme I found here. Consider it open source and do it yourself, if you’d like. [...] The other night I was taking another look at the Library of Congress picture gallery I mentioned earlier and this picture gave me food for thought. Note the caption: A Syrian neighborhood near the shipyards. Slum area where many shipyard workers live. Winter Street, Quincy, Massachusetts.” [...] Considering how many people on the left of the political spectrum are in favor of gun control, I found this article – Victorian Gun Crime – about the history of gun control in England – to be tremendously ironic. To boot: Proper restriction was not introduced until after the First World War. The Firearms Act [...] While looking for something else entirely I came across this site for my old neighborhood. I recommend a trip to Fells Point to anyone who’s in that area, but I post this mainly to point out to the Bunny an opportunity for a pleasant day trip, particularly if he stops at Birds of a Feather [...] I added a new category of links to the sidebar: The Librarians. These are all sites I came across when I was researching the idea of going back to school and pre-big decision making ritual of considering all the angles, from every possible angle. Anyhoo, you may find some of them of interest. And how [...] The U.S.S. John F. Kennedy, also known as ‘Big John’ has made Boston her last port of call prior to decommissioning on March 23 of this year. Boston.com has a decent gallery of photos you can view here. [...] Somehow I missed pointing this out before: Bad News Hughes attends the Ren Fair. Priceless. |
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