BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Thanks to Athanasius Kircher Society for this wonderful video of the Superb Lyrebird, narrated by David Attenborough. It’s perfect for a Friday afternoon and guaranteed–guaranteed–to put a smile on your face. I must update my own tale, Mockingbird’s Wish to include this wonderful bird; add this to my list as yet another reason to […]
Question: how much money did the tooth fairy bring you for the last tooth you lost? A quarter? A dollar? What, you say you don’t believe in the tooth fairy? How can you not believe in the tooth fairy? After all, chances are you’ve received evidence of the tooth fairy’s existence. I bet there’s any […]
So where do failed posts go when they die? Is there like a putz post heaven or something?
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. From Science + Professor + Woman = me, in explanation of her hesitancy in visiting her old graduate school: Another reason I avoid that place has to do with feelings of discomfort about a situation in which I played an unknowing but counterproductive role. After I had moved on to a […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Agile Ajax is interviewing Dojo creator Alex Russell (via Ajaxian) and I was pleased to read the comment about closure: As a language, JavaScript is still horribly misunderstood. All real power in JavaScript comes from understanding closures, the “everything is always mutable” property, and the prototype chain. These are actually concepts I covered […]