links and recs and such

- Via io9, via hhertzof in Google Reader: Lovelace and Babbage: Together, They Fight Crime! Includes Wolverine!Brunel. ♥ The notes are also really interesting and fun to read, and occasionally say things like this:

The Difference Engine prints large tables of numbers without error. If that is not cool enough for you, you are reading the wrong comic my friends. It does battle vampires at some point but it has its own way of doing that thank you very much.

There is swag, too, and I am trying to decide whether spending about £20 on this t-shirt is a) ridiculous or b) sensible: I usually buy all my clothes in charity shops so my perspective on what is good value is a little skewed.

- My parents emailed me this v. silly video of sheep, which made me laugh a great deal.

- The Miserable Life of Tom Quinn, Spy. Being The Tragic Story of the Third Saddest Spy in the History of the World. By A Lady.

- HOME TEAM 2009: ROUND TWO. Everyone go and vote for your favourites! Round one was full of AGONISING CHOICES but I found this one a bit easier. Am v. sad that Kira is losing to Daria though: yes, Daria is awesome, but ...Kira! Also I still lament the fact that Wendy Watson went out in round one. :(

links and recs and such

- Via io9, via hhertzof in Google Reader: Lovelace and Babbage: Together, They Fight Crime! Includes Wolverine!Brunel. ♥ The notes are also really interesting and fun to read, and occasionally say things like this:

The Difference Engine prints large tables of numbers without error. If that is not cool enough for you, you are reading the wrong comic my friends. It does battle vampires at some point but it has its own way of doing that thank you very much.

There is swag, too, and I am trying to decide whether spending about £20 on this t-shirt is a) ridiculous or b) sensible: I usually buy all my clothes in charity shops so my perspective on what is good value is a little skewed.

- My parents emailed me this v. silly video of sheep, which made me laugh a great deal.

- The Miserable Life of Tom Quinn, Spy. Being The Tragic Story of the Third Saddest Spy in the History of the World. By A Lady.

- HOME TEAM 2009: ROUND TWO. Everyone go and vote for your favourites! Round one was full of AGONISING CHOICES but I found this one a bit easier. Am v. sad that Kira is losing to Daria though: yes, Daria is awesome, but ...Kira! Also I still lament the fact that Wendy Watson went out in round one. :(

links and recs and such

- Via io9, via hhertzof in Google Reader: Lovelace and Babbage: Together, They Fight Crime! Includes Wolverine!Brunel. ♥ The notes are also really interesting and fun to read, and occasionally say things like this:

The Difference Engine prints large tables of numbers without error. If that is not cool enough for you, you are reading the wrong comic my friends. It does battle vampires at some point but it has its own way of doing that thank you very much.

There is swag, too, and I am trying to decide whether spending about £20 on this t-shirt is a) ridiculous or b) sensible: I usually buy all my clothes in charity shops so my perspective on what is good value is a little skewed.

- My parents emailed me this v. silly video of sheep, which made me laugh a great deal.

- The Miserable Life of Tom Quinn, Spy. Being The Tragic Story of the Third Saddest Spy in the History of the World. By A Lady.

- HOME TEAM 2009: ROUND TWO. Everyone go and vote for your favourites! Round one was full of AGONISING CHOICES but I found this one a bit easier. Am v. sad that Kira is losing to Daria though: yes, Daria is awesome, but ...Kira! Also I still lament the fact that Wendy Watson went out in round one. :(

ooo! art!

I was a bit worried that I wouldn't get to see Banksy vs. Bristol Museum, despite it being only about thirty seconds away from where I work, since the queues were so massive, but tonight they started opening late on Wednesdays, so I went down after work. I only had to queue for about forty minutes but it was worth it (and I had Little, Big to reread as I waited). It was a really good exhibition, though I prefered the playful ones to the nastier ones. the_smut_fairy, I agree, the nest of security cameras was adorable. I took a film of them on my camera but can't work out how to make it not be sideways, argh. Anyway, some pictures under the cut, or you could just look at the BBC gallery, which is much more professionally shot.

( my rather amateurish attempts )

ooo! art!

I was a bit worried that I wouldn't get to see Banksy vs. Bristol Museum, despite it being only about thirty seconds away from where I work, since the queues were so massive, but tonight they started opening late on Wednesdays, so I went down after work. I only had to queue for about forty minutes but it was worth it (and I had Little, Big to reread as I waited). It was a really good exhibition, though I prefered the playful ones to the nastier ones. the_smut_fairy, I agree, the nest of security cameras was adorable. I took a film of them on my camera but can't work out how to make it not be sideways, argh. Anyway, some pictures under the cut, or you could just look at the BBC gallery, which is much more professionally shot.

( my rather amateurish attempts )

ooo! art!

I was a bit worried that I wouldn't get to see Banksy vs. Bristol Museum, despite it being only about thirty seconds away from where I work, since the queues were so massive, but tonight they started opening late on Wednesdays, so I went down after work. I only had to queue for about forty minutes but it was worth it (and I had Little, Big to reread as I waited). It was a really good exhibition, though I prefered the playful ones to the nastier ones. the_smut_fairy, I agree, the nest of security cameras was adorable. I took a film of them on my camera but can't work out how to make it not be sideways, argh. Anyway, some pictures under the cut, or you could just look at the BBC gallery, which is much more professionally shot.

( my rather amateurish attempts )