November 2010
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Hacker’s Guide to Tea →
This is a nice concise guide created by Tony Gebely from World of Tea (via lifehacker).
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WatchConor Timmis as Mr. Noyes.
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Mr Noyes
Mr. Noyes (2010) on Vimeo
Adaptation of a scene from HP Lovecraft’s “The Whisperer in Darkness”. Starring and produced by Conor Timmis. Directed by Gary Fierro. Sceenplay by Justin Tacchi.
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theNextBigWriter →
Online writing workshop and community that provides writers with the feedback, motivation, and advice needed to achieve their writing goals.
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fancy lad pseudocreobotra wahlbergii →
Photo by Fred Turck National Geographic’s Photography Contest 2010
This incredibly colorful praying mantis (pseudocreobotra wahlbergii) has found a safe haven on this equally colorful barberton daisy. Aren’t they cute together? Our lad has increased his chances of survival by keeping close to his colorful buddy. “Any juicy mantes over there?” “Nah. Just some...
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The Empire State Building as Airship Docking... →
The Keith de Lellis Gallery’s exhibit, “New York: A Bird’s-Eye View”, boasts incredible aerial views of the city, including dirigibles docking at the Empire State Building.
From the New York Times Streetscapes series.
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Free Daily Workout →
Acacia streams free daily workouts, so you can try out their dvds. Cardio, yoga, dance, pilates, strength training.
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Oh for the Halloweens of yesteryear
Norm Sherman (producer of one of my favorite podcasts, The Drabblecast) laments the innocence of bygone Halloweens…
… when the worst thing that could happen to you was to have strangers abduct you, throw a bag over your head and take you out into the middle of the woods where a long set of ritualistic stone-altar druids patiently wait to receive your flailing body with their cold...
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Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog →
Brantley Bryant is an instructor at Sonoma State University and recently published, Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog: Medieval Studies & New Media.
Excerpt of a review by fionnchú:
A Paris Hilton ancestress, Reims Launcechrona, sashays in for an interview. Playing word-association with our abashed interlocutor, to “Confessioun,” she replies: “Hotness. My friare-confessour...
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Strindberg & Helium →
When August Strindberg and his little pal, Helium, get together, hijinx ensue.
From Sulfur and Iron:
I have been working all day over these hellish flames. My chopped hands have become poisoned. They are black and bleeding. Black as is my need. Bleeding…as…is…my…heart. The agony becomes intolerable.
Long have I loved these webisodes. Thanks to delicious, I am able...
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Paul Signac & Maximilien Luce
When I visited the DeYoung recently for the post-Impressionist exhibit, I fell for works by artists I’m normally not that crazy about, like Signac, Bonnard and Luce.
My favorite piece! Paul Signac Entry to the Port of Marseille
The Seine at Herblay Maximilien Luce
The White Cat Pierre Bonnard
And here are a couple of wonderful pieces by Van Gogh:
Starry Night Over the Rhone
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kittens 'n' lasers →
Mural on the old Harding Theater in the city. Pics of it in progress. via Aggressive Panhandler
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“Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places. For them are the catacombs of...”
– HP Lovecraft - The Picture in the House
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Genealogy Sleuth - Informative Genealogy Sites →
Genealogical sites recommended by ProGenealogists and a short article illustrating the differences between primary and secondary sources.
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Lovecraft's Map of Arkham →
The H. P. Lovecraft Collection of Brown University Library in Providence, R.I. includes a manuscript item that must rank as one of the Holy Grails for the Lovecraft fan: HPL’s own hand-drawn “Map of the Principal Parts of Arkham, Massachusetts”.
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H. P. Lovecraft - Essential Guide to Cthulhu →
An essential Call of Cthulhu primer. Stories to help you understand the background of Call of Cthulhu.
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In the Walls of Eryx by H.P. Lovecraft & Kenneth... →
In January of 1936 a young man named Kenneth Sterling shared a draft of a story with H.P. Lovecraft. The story was rewritten and published after Lovecraft’s death as “In the Walls of Eryx” in the Weird Tales of October 1939. This story is Lovecraft’s sole Interplanetary frontier story set in the future. It details an encounter of a prospector with the aborigines of the planet Venus.
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The Good Guys: The Getaway
Dan overhears Samantha on the phone.
Dan: What’s on the down-low? Samantha: Not sure I’m at liberty to say. Dan: Listen up, darlin’. I live on the down-low. I was born on the down-low. You write “down-low” on an envelope, you lick a stamp, stick it on that puppy, drop it in the mailbox, it comes to ME. What’s on the down-low?
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Casino R'lyeh Cthulhu Mythos Poker Cards
Really really really lovely, horrible deck of cards from Arkham Bazaar.
Review at Grim Reviews.
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Fencing at the 16th Asian Games
Today Bon Gil Gu of South Korea won the gold medal in the Men’s Individual Sabre Final against Man Zhong of China at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
Just two years ago, Man Zhong took home the gold in the Men’s Individual Sabre Final at the Olympics. It was China’s 2nd fencing gold medal in 24 years!
Adam Pretty/Getty Images AsiaPac
Adam Pretty/Getty Images...
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xkcd: Constructive →
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The Colour Out of Space
Explaining why no one will live in the hills west of Arkham:
It is not because of anything that can be seen, nor heard or handled, but because of something that is imagined.
HP Lovecraft - The Colour Out of Space
Artwork by travistaatd (Travis Anthony)
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D&D Wiki →
Great resource for 3.5e and 4e.
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MaBiWeb →
Online boardgame site. Keeps track of your game, enforces legal moves and notifies players by email when it is their turn to move.
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Web Applications →
Free, community driven Q&A for power users of web applications. “The only unusual thing we do is synthesize aspects of Wikis, Blogs, Forums, and Digg/Reddit in a way that we think is original.”
