Here’s another post that’s nothing more than a collection of links, many of them silly, the majority introduced to me by Metafilter.
Abandoned But Not Forgotten is a collection of photos of abandoned, historical, and unusual locations from around the world. Beware of the slow loading vintage web design (somewhat apropos to the topic actually) but it’s worth slogging through to see the cool photos.
PCWorld collects The Strangest Sights in Google Earth, which of course is the same as our own planet earth but frozen in time and shared with everyone who lives here. Again, be wary of some crummy web design.
A clever video in which two young men celebrate the city that rocks: Colonial Williamsburg. Funny in that they don’t openly mock CW but let the incongruities of music and images speak for themselves.
PinchHitter 2 is a frustrating and addictive baseball game that will take you from the sandlot to the majors.
If you like ugly, but tasty, fruit and vegetables, you’ll enjoy the stark images of the mutatocollection. The oddity here is that many of these are actually naturally grown vegetables as opposed to the genetic mutations that pass as “perfect.”
Is the world of Gil Thorp in the Matrix? Could explain the oddities of that comic strip. I particularly like Clambake as Morpheus.
From world travelers, a collection of 20 funny signs from around the world. Reminds me of a sign I saw in Ireland near a cliff’s edge showing a car flying over a cliff. The Irish are not subtle.
Finally, a demographic study of Pluggers and They’ll Do It Every Time, a scientific analysis of the two head scratching, anachronistic comics drawn on suggestions mailed in by readers.
While I’m posting links, I may as well introduce some recent additions to the blogroll:
- Bringing Home the Word: Exploring the Bible Through the Catholic Lectionary – Fairly self-explanatory title, good reading for lectors like myself.
- Digital Campus – A biweekly discussion of how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship at colleges, universities, libraries, and museums. This is actually a podcast, but they post links relating to the topics discussed on the show.
- Francesco Explains It All – Blog by the creator of Sally Forth.
- History Conversations – An occasional dialogue with historians and history lovers about their interests, their ideas, and their lives in history. A podcast from the creator of Found History.
- lower east side librarian – A personal/professional library blog by a librarian who is interested in/expect to write about zines and alternative press publications in libraries, library activism, open source technology applications and culture, and lolcats.
- Ms. Magazine – More than a magazine, a movement. More of a feed than a blog.
- Nobody Loves Rusty – A tribute/mockery blog for Mark Trail.
- Paste Magazine – Updates on signs of life in music, film, and culture.
- pazonada – A spiff local photo blog.
- Pitchfork Media – New music reviews to help me feel old.
- separated by a common language – Observations on British and American English by an American linguist in the UK.
- Stat of the Day – This and that about baseball stats. From the people who brought you Baseball Reference.
- Uncontrolled Vocabulary – A live discussion of news, trends and topics in librarianship. Another cool podcast that’s like The McLaughlin Group, but with Librarians. Useful links posted on the blog after the show.
You may also notice on the sidebar that I’ve added links to my new Library Thing profile and catalog. I should be adding books over time.
Panorama of the Mountains 