The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a drug of a novel

Here's the book on Amazon LINK and the LINK to the author site--the book's now in English; the above trailer to the forthcoming move is in Swedish.

new Studio Ghibli with Blanchett and Fey!

New brilliance by xx (LINK to English edition with Cate Blanchett, Tina Fey et al)

John Hodgman Calls Obama A Nerd

Brilliant. A bit slow in the beginning but when he gets rolling . . .

New rain forest discovered via Google Earth

Is $18 too much for protection from vampires?

 

A Blue Q water bottle (LINK)

In defense of The Minority . . .

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Sex with Ducks

Riki "Garfunkel" Lindhome and Kate "Oates" Micucci sing a pro-gay marriage song in response to a Pat Robertson quote that legalizing gay marriage would lead to legalizing sex with ducks.

Adderall or Provigil?

A facinating article in The New Yorker called "Brain Gain" about the underground world of "neuroenhancing" drugs. LINK

A colleague said that supposedly "druggie" Hampshire College, our alma mater, has no issues with these performance enhancing drugs because the pressures are so different than at a "normal" school.

Another colleague said that Adderall is a "staple" among students at University of Massachusetts.

London mayor almost killed while riding a bicycle

The video shows the Mayor leading a group of cyclists. As a lorry passed them, its door snags a passing car and throws it into the lane. More at the Guardian: LINK

Jesse and Sean

I don't like Jesse's new hair, but you got to hand it to him, he doesn't back down in a beautiful way

Defenders in tights

Not to be shameless plugger for Google . . . ok, I am. But anyway, this is a fun video.

"Luck is an excuse for people who have failed in their mission to do something"

go to Unabashed Gearhead Gnarlyness (LINK) for an explanation of the meaning of this

Ayn Rand . . . and cholera??

Elon "Tesla" Musk on Letterman

So strange that some of the most serious interviews come on "comedy" shows (Letterman, Stewart).

Continuation of the video here: LINK

Revolution on vest

(occasional series of photos of the word "Revolution" in commerce)