Today’s xkcd webcomic is about the Voynich Manuscript. No one’s really sure what it is, except that it’s a guidebook of sorts to Europe of the High Middle Ages. It’s written in no known language, using no known alphabet, and it’s illustrated at length. Judging by the illustrations it covers a wealth of scientific knoweledge,Continue reading “On xkcd and the Voynich Manuscript”
Monthly Archives: June 2009
On Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips
Received in the mail today — Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips. As I wrote a few weeks ago, Re:Collections is the final volume in Big Finish’s series of Doctor Who short story anthologies, with a single story from each volume in the series reprinted in this volume. Among the stories in the book isContinue reading “On Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips”
On Rick Santorum’s Unnecessary Advice
Rick Santorum offers Barack Obama dating advice. Quote: “Go down to the corner bar and have a drink, a shot and a beer.” I don’t know how to react to this. Either the fact that Santorum feels that he can offer advice to the President on how he and his wife spend their social timeContinue reading “On Rick Santorum’s Unnecessary Advice”
On A Rough Night’s Sleep
Last night I slept for toffee. Warm does not describe the temperatures in my room when I hit the mattress at midnight. It wasn’t excessively hot, but neither was it comfortable. I turned the window fan up to maximum, turned out the lights, and hoped for sleep, even if it were a restless sleep. AtContinue reading “On A Rough Night’s Sleep”
On the “Ask Me!” Meme
I’d been thinking of doing this anyway (because it’s something I’ve done a time or three), and then I saw it on David McIntee‘s blog: The problem with LiveJournal is that we think we’re close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you shouldContinue reading “On the “Ask Me!” Meme”
On Work Travails
Okay, we’re not doing that again. I brought work home, because I needed to get this particular project done today. A complex idea was floated at the production meeting on Friday. And for a variety of reasons, that complex idea would not work. However, I proposed a similar idea that is actually useful to whatContinue reading “On Work Travails”
On May’s Statistics
And now it’s June. And thanks to some jiggery-pokery with server logs and Analog, let’s take a look at what people were reading on allyngibson.net in the month of May. First up, the top 28 search phrases for the month! (The number in parentheses is the number of times the phrase was used.) beatles remastersContinue reading “On May’s Statistics”
On Today’s Writing Discovery
Forty-two years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. I just thought I’d point that out today, on this most Douglas Adams-like of anniversaries. I would rather talk (more) about writing. Yesterday was windy and not too hot, so late afternoon I went kite-flying. It’s about a half-mile walk to the giant openContinue reading “On Today’s Writing Discovery”