And just for fun...
I don't have anything substantive to post, but I've noticed a few things around the net worth pointing out, so I thought I'd share.
Daily Lit — I noticed this one on Evangelical Outpost. Want to read a great book, but feel like you don't have the time? What if you could read just a little bit each day? Sounds like a good idea, but it takes a lot of discipline. So how about if it's spoon-fed to you via e-mail each day? That could work, and Daily Lit does just that. There's plenty of classics available (they're not covered by copyrights anymore, after all), from Darwin's The Origin of the Species to Dante's The Divine Comedy. I'm currently reading War and Peace. It'll take nearly two years to do so, but I will get it done.
The Face on Mars — From Slashdot. You've all seen the photos of the mysterious face on Mars taken by the Viking 1 Orbiter. Now that ESA's Mars Express has mapped it out with a stereo camera, you can see what it really looks like. It turns out that it doesn't look much like a face at all in the proper lighting, so you can put those conspiracy theories to rest... just kidding! As you well know, no amount of evidence can put a good conspiracy theory to rest.
Royal Society Archives — From John Derbyshire in The Corner. Want to know what the hot topics of the scientific world were in 1665? Now the entire archives of the Royal Society are online, dating all the way back to the beginning in 1665, and they're available for free until December. I'd download everything from the first hundred years or so if they made it easy, but they've cleverly avoided that. Getting an individual article isn't hard, but it'll take forever to get them all.
Daily Lit — I noticed this one on Evangelical Outpost. Want to read a great book, but feel like you don't have the time? What if you could read just a little bit each day? Sounds like a good idea, but it takes a lot of discipline. So how about if it's spoon-fed to you via e-mail each day? That could work, and Daily Lit does just that. There's plenty of classics available (they're not covered by copyrights anymore, after all), from Darwin's The Origin of the Species to Dante's The Divine Comedy. I'm currently reading War and Peace. It'll take nearly two years to do so, but I will get it done.
The Face on Mars — From Slashdot. You've all seen the photos of the mysterious face on Mars taken by the Viking 1 Orbiter. Now that ESA's Mars Express has mapped it out with a stereo camera, you can see what it really looks like. It turns out that it doesn't look much like a face at all in the proper lighting, so you can put those conspiracy theories to rest... just kidding! As you well know, no amount of evidence can put a good conspiracy theory to rest.
Royal Society Archives — From John Derbyshire in The Corner. Want to know what the hot topics of the scientific world were in 1665? Now the entire archives of the Royal Society are online, dating all the way back to the beginning in 1665, and they're available for free until December. I'd download everything from the first hundred years or so if they made it easy, but they've cleverly avoided that. Getting an individual article isn't hard, but it'll take forever to get them all.
