Anyone else with even a passing interest in science and evolution can also rejoice: The Complete Works of Charles Darwin are now available online:
This site contains Darwin’s complete publications, thousands of handwritten manuscripts and the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalogue ever published; [Click to enlarge] also hundreds of supplementary works: biographies, obituaries, reviews, reference works and more
Via The Wired Campus.
Amongst a batch of Funny Student Emails to Professors
Prof. myname,
I’d appreciate it if you could tell me the meaning of the word Haussmannization mentioned in your Impressionist lecture. My first inkling is that it has something to do with the raw manness that is “The Hoff”, also known as David Hasselhoff. However, I feel that is an incorrect assumption as I cannot recall any significant contribution he made to Impressionism, or Art History in general. I’d appreciate any response to my question. Attached is a picture of the Hoff for your troubles.
Regards,
student name
As an accompanying note says this has got to be a joke, right?
Or, it was written BG, Before Google, and the first sentence is somewhat serious.
Taken straight from …a manuscript recently discovered in an attic A Snail’s Eye View presents I and the Bird #73 as extracted from The Other Diary of Samuel Pepys.
As noted by Born Again Bird Watcher:
I stand in profound and humble awe.
Go join Mr. Pepys and his friends on their birding journeys.
Patents that should not be are one of the great rent seeking devices of our time.
Reading this lengthy response to a patent infringement claim by Monster Cable against Blue Jeans Cable is a delicious experience. It starts with:
Dear Monster Lawyers,
Let me begin by stating, without equivocation, that I have no interest whatsoever in infringing upon any intellectual property belonging to Monster Cable. Indeed, the less my customers think my products resemble Monster’s, in form or in function, the better.
and gets better and better.
Via Megan.
You do not want to push the wrong button at the gas stations:
Update 4/16: In comments Kip points out a similar occurrence at the Northeast Airport in Philadelphia.
Via haha.nu