Sagas of Icelanders

World Wide Words: Hobo: Concerto for hobo and violence

National Post: “Tales of a giant, hairy ape-like creature tramping through the woods are running wild in a northern interior B.C. town after a rash of sasquatch sightings. There have been three reported sightings in the area within a month, said Brian Vike, the Houston, B.C.-based director of HBCC UFO Research. ‘To be honest with [...]

Bug infestation (or woodpecker excavations) on north side of our house in McBride, B.C. at junction of siding and soffit, about 4m above ground.

Kongelige Bibliotek (Danish Royal Library): “The French-burgundian parchment manuscript, Chansons d’Amour — also known as The Copenhagen Chansonnier — was produced in the late 15th century.” (Via Bibliodyssey.)

New York Times: “For years, cyclists who ride on city streets have cherished an unusual superstition: if they wear a helmet, they are more likely to get hit by a car. ‘I belong to an e-mail list for cyclists, and they complain about this all the time,’ says Ian Walker, a psychologist at the University [...]

bibliodyssey: “I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men”[Sir Isaac Newton, after losing a fortune (£20,000) in the bubble]

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I Make Projects: Pull a pin, and after a few seconds these ‘grenades’ emit a very loud and annoying alarm – instead of shrapnel.

boingboing: TurnYourHead is a service that makes custom-lathed dowels that contain your profile, like an MC Escher litho come to life, starring you, you, you.

Cellular: Fires four .22s.

Link: A former Mexico City helicopter pilot has posted a gallery of his aerial photos of the city and environs.

The Onion: The Information Age was dealt a stunning blow Monday, when a factual error was discovered on the Internet. The error was found on TedsUltimateBradyBunch.com, a Brady Bunch fan site that incorrectly listed the show’s debut year as 1968, not 1969.

The Adventures of Teapot the Cat: Yi Tien Electronics today announced a breakthrough news delivery system for the restroom. At a press conference, Yi Tien Electronics unveiled the rsstroom reader™, an rss reader for the restroom which prints directly to toilet tissue through RapidResolution® inkjet technology. Complete with wireless connectivity, the rsstroom reader™ will print [...]

Intuitor: “In the name of physics decency, to protect the minds of children everywhere, so that they may grow up in a world where they know the difference between speed and velocity, we have taken the responsibility to rate movies for their portrayal of excessively bad physics.” Worst move ever: The Core.

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Guardian Unlimited Technology: According to a scientific report, planet Earth’s computers are wide open to a virus attack from Little Green Men. The concern is raised in the next issue of the journal Acta Astronautica by Richard Carrigan, a particle physicist at the US Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois. He believes scientists searching the [...]

Sage Wisdom: Never let Salvia be used where firearms, knives, or other dangerous objects are present. To make a quid from dried leaves, weigh out 2-8 grams of dried leaves. Place the leaves in a small bowl of cool water. Once the leaves are wet and have been soaking for about 10 minutes, remove the [...]