The sun gun — A 1945 Time magazine article about Nazi superweapons.
New Thoughts On Language Acquisition: Toddlers As Data Miners
New Einstein Rings discovered — There's a poetic turn of phrase, to say the least.
WWI vintage audio and video — (Thanks to
seventorches.)Big Science (or at least Big Engineering) from Shorpy — A 1942 photo of dam construction.
2/9/08
Time in saddle: 0 minutes (hiking today instead, due to stiff knees)
Last night's weigh-out: 275.2
This morning's weigh-in: 272.6
Currently reading: The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image, by Leonard Shlain [ Powell's | Amazon ]