Candleblog

I’m clearing some open Firefox tabs for the weekend. Enjoy…

• My friend AlexW keeps trying to get me to read Scott Pilgrim and this review is another nudge. Sounds like my kind of book.
• Email explained (it’s in French, but the demo is pretty impressive).
• TotallyLooksLike.com (totally what it sounds like).
• As Gerry put it, “our brains don’t work.” Amazing optical illusion.
• Watch this great video hosted by Michael Shermer about how to evaluate fantastic claims — a skeptic’s how-to.
• Incredible photos from the ISS of a volcanic eruption in the Pacific.
• Yours truly was referenced in this academic paper about retweeting by Danah Boyd (yes, someone wrote an academic paper about retweeting).
• The Boston Herald wins the Worst Michael Jackson death headline award.