Month: January 2008

The Lèi tái (Traditional: 擂臺 Simplified: 擂台 – “Beat (a drum) Platform”) is a raised fighting platform, without railings, where often fatal weapons and bare-knuckle martial arts tournaments were once held.

Essentially, a timeline of size (metric).

A Creative Commons-released electronica album.

Find the CHEAPEST copy of the book you want. Or you could check bookmooch….

The first funny quiz-type thing I’ve seen in a loooooong time…

a zen video game.

It’s so simple! So beautiful! So lifechanging!

It’s a roguelike game with “story”? Sounds good to me!

I’m currently digging these old ASCII games. I sort of go through phases with these…

A short Essay by Orwell on working in a bookshop. Which, at one point, was a dream of mine. Not so much any more, though….

This looks promising…

“what life seems like to obsessively bookish children”… Spot on. The first half of this book is amazing, but then veers into tedium, sadly.

It’s a fansite for a fictional television show. That’s pretty sweet.

A flash science fiction comic that will BLOW YOUR MIND!

The best peanut butter in the world, eh? I’ll try it… If I can find it.

Customizable, programmable modules that plug together

Marvel Superheroes in Art!

A woman dresses herself up in bridal outfits from many cultures, takes photos. Wild.

Print on demand for public domain books. Pretty clever mashup of online services to result in printed artifacts.

A blog collecting images related to the Lost television show. Someone does a LOT of Google image searching, I bet.

A new Bruce Sterling short story!