Archive for January, 2008

A collection on the National Library of Medicine on the history of the representation of conjoined twins.

I'm not sure what the justification is for caucusing vs. a primary election, because it sort of seems like caucusing is pretty weird.

Lego is releasing Indiana Jones sets, including a few from Raiders and one from Last Crusade, maybe just so they can follow up on the popular Lego Star Wars video games. But. This set notable features a Lego Ark of the Covenant.

Awesome data dump tracking the locations of the presidential candidates over time.

"On the other hand, the coveted emotional center was reliable, it was predictable, and its story lines could be duplicated over and over. It reassured the audience by telling it what it already knew rather than challenging it to learn."

"This is implemented by making every year divisible by 4 a leap year unless that year is divisible by 100. If it is divisible by 100 it can only be a leap year if that year is also divisible by 400."

"They decided to do better." (The painting Godard lingers on is The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David.)