This is a really neat map with continents/oceans reversed. [Via Vex Appeal.] I’ve been trying to work out why this map has captivated me so much. For a start, I love maps. Since I can remember, I can pore over… Read More ›
fun & hobbies
enjoyment, escapism, making and general lollygagging
This is nasty.
Although I am, to quote an old Sandra Boynton gag, “eruditer than you” (or at least most), I still found reading through the composition quoted below involved more than a handful of false starts and reversals. Via Making Light, via… Read More ›
Today’s bit of fun: medical marvels
Check out this Worth-1000 competition to produce a Photoshopped medical anomaly. Most of them are a bit of fun, but I prefer the more subtle ones: Have a poke around Worth 1000 while you’re there. Check out Archaeological Anomalies, Alternate… Read More ›
Sunday Sunset Scent-blogging
Some of you know that I’m a bit of a soapmaker[1] – so I’m fascinated by scents. Today I stumbled across gurl.com, and, fighting my way past the blinking shopping mall ads and the Nair infomercials, I spotted this “My… Read More ›
Weekend Wobot: Woomba
Hot on the heels of floral-soaked feminine hygiene products everywhere comes Woomba, taking the hard work out of women’s business. A miniature disc-shaped robot, Woomba is pink (of course), sensor-equipped, and fully-automated. Set and forget! (if the Youtube link doesn’t… Read More ›
Read ‘Ems: more on the NT plan, barefaced hypocrisy, and a couple of amusing tidbits
What I’m reading today: 1. The AMA call has come. Yesterday’s email brought a plea from the AMA to volunteer 2-4 weeks in a central Australian community to perform governmental health checks on children. The email opens with a big… Read More ›
Friday Fun: Which feminist icon are you?
Well, I try and kick arse, but I don’t really think I kick an Angela Davis level of arse. (Updated to Add: see, although Crikey! has just described Hoyden About Town as “dispens[ing] its femmobolsho views loudly, proudly and with… Read More ›
For my librarian friends
Even I think this is uncalled for. Image Credit: xkcd.com
Solstice rose
Happy winter solstice, all!
Gigantoraptor: 1400 kg bird-like dinosaur!
It’s not every day paleontologists discover a new dinosaur! These discoveries take me back to the wonder of imagining the dinosaur world when I was a child. We weren’t saturated with the pre-digested smoothly-animated imagery* of Jurassic Park and Walking… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 