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This is an action-packed set of links to start off your weekend, what with knife throwing, a Sherlock Holmes 2 movie trailer, an exciting Chess Boxing Championship, and a Led Zepplin song done as only Michael Winslow can do it. And, if in all this excitement you lose your ereader, I’ve also included a link with advice on what to do about it. Led Zepplin’s Whole Lotta Love: You’ve probably not seen or heard . . . → Read More: 5 quick links for 21 October 2011 
Above is a picture I took yesterday of a little cluster of mushrooms I discovered on a pile of mulch in our yard. Below are a few Internet links from the last couple of weeks. Highlights include why creative people are eccentric, six exercise machines to avoid, word of a new Sherlock Holmes story on the way, and the power of the Dark Side. “Legal” disclaimers at the bottom of emails are useless and . . . → Read More: Mushrooms on the mulch pile and galumphing through the Internet 
Last night when I pulled into my driveway it was dark out, but I could dimly see by the light of the stars and moon. So I was startled when I thought I saw someone’s brain in the middle of my driveway. After a brief investigation, with the reassurance of this morning’s light, I’m not sure if I should be happy at discovering the object was not, after all, someone’s brain in my driveway, . . . → Read More: A brain in my driveway and weekend reading links: October 8, 2010 
I had a few audio projects coming up and I didn’t want to rely just on my built-in laptop microphone. But I am not an audio engineer and didn’t want to have to buy racks of equipment just so I could record high-quality audio. I also wanted my setup to be portable and durable. So after shopping around I decided on the Rode Podcaster USB Microphone. This is a hefty microphone — very solid . . . → Read More: Review: Rode Podcaster USB Microphone 
Sherlock Holmes. Remember him? If you will recall, he was quite skilled at thinking his way through problems. But he was also no couch potato — in fact, he was quite skilled in the martial arts, and these skills aided him in his adventures. In specific, he was skilled at the art called Bartitsu, and this was mentioned in The Adventure of the Empty House. Developed by Edward William Barton-Wright in England in the . . . → Read More: Like Sherlock Holmes? Learn Bartitsu |
 
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