Probably the cutest paper you’ll read today. The wetting and general tribology of cats has not progressed enough to give a definitive answer to the capillary dependence of the feline relaxation time. Fig. 2b gives an …

It seems monstrosity requiresan organic element. When there isn’t one, monsteris more often an adjective than a noun qualifying an incomplete potentialfor monstrosity. […] Monumentality embodies distant, impersonal …

Every few years decentralization and RSS feeds come back into the ligh. Usually this happens when one otherwise functional social media site dies in a real or practical way. Google Reader being my, and my generation’s, …

I’m taking part in the Contraptions Book Club where we are reading City of Fortune which is about Venice. I was struck by the character of Doge Dandolo. Dude was 80+ when we saw a trade opportunity in the 4th Crusades. …

Came across a heartwarming fan-made comic of a collaborative story told on tumblr. A farmer makes a temple to see who shows up and it’s a self-doubting god of transient beauty. This immediately brought back the Small …