Massive Linkdump

The Monosyllabic* History of Comics. Heh. I like.

Polite Scott has a PSA from an Aquaman comic. I remember that one.

Pal Dorian amuses me. Thank you Dorian.

If you have the Mirrormask DVD, Querldox wants to hear from you.

DC Direct at Toy Fair.

So, what's a bub?

I've been enjoying Tales from the Slush Pile in the Publishers Weekly e-mail newsletter, and now you can read them on-line too.

The Beat asks a question that I was also curious about. Hmmm.

Some calming words about the new AOL and Yahoo bulk e-mail charges.

Diane Duane decides to e-publish her book, using a similar format as Lawrence Watt-Evans.

Mmmmm Chocolate tasting.

Remember that lady who lost her camera in Hawai'i, and got news that somebody had found it, only to learn that they didn't want to return it? Cory Doctorow has been threatened with a lawsuit for reporting the story. How odd is that? The original story can be found here.

Fun with LEGO: video game scenes recreated, Brokeback Mountain scenes recreated, and Cheney with gun.

Use Cornrows to teach fractals.

Rachel Hartman has search YouTube for Sesame Street Clips. One of my favorites. All the yipyipaliens were my favorites.

Anti-piracy officer misses the point of Open Source Software.

How would you like a computer that can solve a problem without asking the question?

I always wonder when an Ask Yahoo question like this one about athlete in the Olympics is followed up by one about marrying cousins.

The Pi Song via hubby-Eric.

Weekly TiVo ratings and Weekly Nielson ratings.

All Hail The Flying Spaghetti Monster!

Phillippine Urban Legends.

Head of Copyright Office admits extending copyrights was a mistake. I have issues with copyright the way it stands now. It's hard to get access to stuff that was published a long time ago and has little value to the copyright owners. If there was a "publish or pay" clause that made people either pay a fee or publish the work to keep the copyright, I wouldn't mind it so much. But right now, copyright terms are way too long with no incentive to keep the works in print.

Colleen Doran shares some news.

We are living in Bizarro world: President Bush today defended his administration's decision to allow a company from an Arab country to operate six major U.S. ports, saying, "People don't need to worry about security."

Meanwhile, the situation in Iraq is as tense as it could be. Let's hope for peace.

And over in Australia: Musician, author and publisher Henry Rollins (Roomanitarian) is being investigated by the Australian government after a fellow airplane passenger was "disturbed" at the book he was reading. *sigh*