Monday, April 12, 2010

Odds and Ends, Mon 12 April 2010

1. "Would dew believe it: The stunning pictures of sleeping insects
    covered in water droplets"
  <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1260946/The-stunning-
     pictures-sleeping-insects-covered-early-morning-dew.html>

2. "22 Most Unusual Google Earth Photos"
  <http://www.webdesigncore.com/2010/03/27/22-most-unusal-google-earth-
     photos/>

3. "Quentin Tarantino Reference Manual"
  <http://www.madatoms.com/site/blog/quentin-tarantino-movies>

4. "Solved: The mathematics of the Hollywood blockbuster"
  <http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527483.900>

5. "Arts: Photographer Loves Math, Graphs Her Images"
  <http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/01/pl_arts_found/>

6. "The Six Twitter Types"
  <http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/the-world/article/the-six-
     twitter-types-guy-kawasaki>

7. "The Difference between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained by a Venn
    Diagram"
  <http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2010/03/25/difference-between-
     nerd-dork-and-geek-explained-in-a-venn-diagram/>

8. "Sarcasm punctuation mark aims to put an end to email confusion"
  <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6995354/Sarcasm-
     punctuation-mark-aims-to-put-an-end-to-email-confusion.html>
"Expressing sarcasm in the written word can be a dangerous business, as
 anyone forced to apologise for sending a tongue-in-cheek email will
 confirm. Now a US firm has come up with an ingenious solution to this
 very real problem – a new item of punctuation."

9. April Fools 2010 - Roundups
* "Your April Fools' Day Prank Spoiler"
  <http://lifehacker.com/5507090/your-april-fools-day-prank-spoiler>
* "El Reg April Fools 2010"
  <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/02/april_fools_2010/>