Friday, January 16, 2004

Blinky the three-eyed fish has a cousin - in this c ase it's a two-headed zebrafish that glows in the dark. Mmmmmm bet that tastes nice with chips

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Macworld UK - UK file-swappers 'face fines'
Turn your handwriting into a font for your computer - Ever wanted to be able to write letters in your own handwriting with your word processor? Well now you can at Fontifier. All you need to do is download a template sheet; fill it with your own writing; scan it and upload it to the Fontifier website, from where your own personal font will be emailed back - terrific
Download actual images from Mars - NASA has made Maestro a visualisation tool that allows you to generate 3D models of the Martian surface. Data should be downloadable on a weekly basis

Monday, January 12, 2004

Sonnet Central is a site dedicated to expanding knowledge of the sonnet (d'uh!). It's quite a cool site - definately useful if you want to impress a loved one with a bit of lurve poetry

Thursday, December 11, 2003

I've been Reading Ashok K Banker's adaptation of the Ramayana - an ancient Hindu epic relating how Vishnu incarnated himself on the earth to vanquish the Demon lord Ravanna - very exciting tale, I recommend it highly. Been surfing to do background research and have come across an encyclopedia of mythology

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Interesting page about Eugen Sandow - probably one of the earliest true body builders. Also on the page details of George Hackenschmidt
Some very interesting pages here - a couple with eclectic collections of photographs and bric a brac including dioramas, cameras obscura, strongmen and freaks

Friday, December 05, 2003

Go here to see the tallest virtual building in the world - it's made out of pixel art and is pretty cool. There's also Pixel Map - an never-ending pixel art road movie - You can even join in by downloading a section and creating your own section for the map
I'm looking into Homunculi this afternoon - here's an intro. You can find an online encyclopedia of althings alchemical here. There was a 1916 German silent series of 6 films in which a homonculus in his anger at being artificial takes over a country and tries to take over the world (you can also follow the link at the bottom of the page to see a listing of early sci fi epics.