Quantum Fetish Mechanics: “Shrödinger’s cat is not only neither dead nor alive, but might also be sexually aroused by elbows and peanut butter.” (It’s not shiver-inducing to me; it’s something to rejoice about.)

Mostest funnest cleverest crossover fanart EVER. (hyperbole, what?)

Doctorow on Facebook and why/how it stinks

Hopeful - the XO sale has extended to Dec 31 and to Europe. Will I manage to buy one? A heck of a better e-book reader than the Kindle, looks like.

Constructed language things.

Geeky AskMe

AskMe: Intelligent-Making Podcasts

Fannish reaction on the more offensive aspects of Heroes

Rodney McKay is not surprised! He’s fascinated. *g*

The Stupid Filter Project. ‘Nuff said.

Things I kept in tabs hoping for the day where my RL blog will exist (while battling against the crazy dark forces of Afnic and incompetence):
# (via 43 folders, click for details here)

There is more required nowadays to make a single wise man than formerly to make Seven Sages, and more is needed nowadays to deal with a single person than was required with a whole people in former times.

# Scalzi on Ekaterina Sedia: The Big Idea

# The Interoperation, a Sterling story.

# “Words that do not mean what you - yes you! - think they mean” for $500, Alex - literally / relatedly, Steven Pinker on Science Friday (using “literally” abusively oh noes).

# lexical repulsion, or anti-collocations.

# Mapping

I stole this from ML - it fills me with snarky glee, I admit. 300 was so vile. Watch it! And, and while you’re at it, watch this too. AWESOME.

Be a realdoll yourself! Fascinating, and so full of potential… *spins (plastic) yarns*

IM-IN-UR-WASTELANDS-RUINING-UR-LITERATURES - I know most intelligent people are tired of LOLstuff already, but I’ve been hooked on repetitive humor since forever, so that doesn’t apply to me. Comes w/ bonus LOLCarroll in there, which totally made my day with glee:

waz brillig an teh slithy tovez
waz gyrin an gimblin in teh
INVISIBLE WABE
all mimsy waz teh borogovez
mome rathez can haz outgrabe?

im in yr tulgey wood snicker-snackin yr jabberwockeyz

(thank you, gottabefunky, thank you.)

In Los Angeles you can be standing next to another human being but you may as well be standing next to a geological formation. Whatever that thing is, it doesn’t care about you. And you don’t care about it. Get over it. You’re alone in the world. Do something interesting.

Onlinefandom.com:

Economists seem to be shocked that more than a million people have paid an average of somewhere around 4 pounds to download the Radiohead album.

Sex & marriage w/ artificial partners : “The question is not if this will happen, but when,” Levy said. “I am convinced the answer is much earlier than you think.”

Snooze or Lose / Less sleep for kids : more obesity, impaired cognitive abilities, deepset negativity. Oh, and TV-watching might not be the root of all evil, after all.

These have stayed open and “with me” for a while now. Right next to one another.

The Pleasure of Unpleasure by Kristina Lloyd on Lust Bites
&
Power, Force, Overwhelmsion and Beauty by Bitchy Jones.

And today, this popped up, and perhaps it’s a little, hm, to the side from the first links, in a related territory but not exactly in the same ’space’… Or perhaps like me you’ll find that there’s a lot these posts have in common : Me versus You; All of us versus The Man.