Giving up email? I can see where he’s coming from. I don’t get huge amounts of email like many people, but it still takes up a bit of my time. Having said that, I won’t be giving it up; I have too many friends on the internet who wouldn’t be able to afford to call [...]
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The Asteroid Belt: Japanese emoticons and buffet theft
Archaeologists believe they may have found the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth, along with the remains of his family. The findings “suggest that Jesus and Mary Magdalene might have produced a son named Judah.” This sounds oddly reminiscent of The Da Vinci Code. The article is short and doesn’t give much detail, so I don’t [...]
The Asteroid Belt: Ancient war and the neglect of elderly parents
Archimedes apparently came up with an ingenious way to deal with enemy ships: a giant claw-like thing that could tip them over. It almost sounds like a fantasy novel idea.
Speaking of fantasy novels… if you love Tolkien (and you should, you know), you should enjoy this interactive map of Mordor. On that page, there’s also [...]
The Asteroid Belt: Spies and fruitcakes of mass destruction
Damn Interesting has a short article about Virginia Hall, a spy during World War II. Snippet:
In the early 1940s, German secret police agents in Nazi-occupied France were on the lookout for a woman with a wooden leg. She was known only as “the woman with a limp,” but the Gestapo’s many wanted posters described her [...]
The Asteroid Belt: Toy Story on drugs and giant centipedes
I got a spam email a few days ago and the subject was this: With ruin, war, and waste of either line. I must say, while I detest spam (both the email type and the food), that’s a great line. It sounds like a title of a really good fantasy book or something.
I posted this [...]
