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“Few of the archaeologists who authored the plan have made their identities public, fearing being branded traitors by their own people, losing their jobs, or even being killed” — thinking that the whole idea of holy places is deeply fscked up.
 
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omg so very cute. makes me want to get back to jewelry-making
 
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randomly, this contains some good tips on buying knives. (geek guy likes to cook, apparently.)
 
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totally want this book.
 
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I’m not entirely sure why, but it cracks me up that pretty much every comment says “[n] does that.” Apparently, “last generation” is better than now on the iPhone. 😛 (And yes, our craptacular ancient vmail system at Pierce did forwarding too.)
 
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weird and awesome.
 
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“This is like, ‘Boy boils egg.’ He did something that any 9-year-old could do.” — no kidding. includes link to that map. also, love the Sherlock reference in the comments, and note the “if this were a black or Latino kid on welfare, would anyone have not
 
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lord amighty, I need one of these. (via dori)
 
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follow to the site…even more graphics available there!
 
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I ::heart:: tiny computers. (via vanessa tan)
 
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Vanessa’s take. “In terms of performance, I felt it ran like a normal-sized laptop PC, though I’ll leave it to the serious reviewers to do their performance tests.”
 
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(need to check on external vendor….)
 
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as I said on my friend Joe’s blog, sleep deprivation is one of the scourges of western civilization.
 
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don’t get me started about ants. getting Terro (or just some Borax, I think we have powdered sugar) NOW!!!!