Welcome to the Wednesday Walk Around the Web, where we weave & wind through weblinks weekly. Here you may find some things that amuse, some that titillate, and the occasional link that provokes. Do you have a link you want to see featured in next week’s Wednesday Walk? Email Glenn!
- If you had the mighty Godzilla at your beck and call, you might be a force to be reckoned with on the international military level. Because of course we can make anything a war machine.
- MC Escher’s site has an impressive gallery of the man’s work.
- The Netherlands Bach Society is slowly releasing new recordings of all of Bach.
- This Week in Much-Needed PSAs: don’t inhale a pin, folks.
- Comic book fans! If you’re interested in the conflict between Grant Morrison and Alan Moore, and the history of British comics as seen through the lens of that conflict, consider kicking a few bucks to the first volume of a sprawling series.
- Almost everyone complains about weather forecasts. In the US, where are they the best and where are they the worst?
- Take some historical advice and steer clear of novels.
- We don’t want to, but when it’s coming, we have to prepare materially and emotionally for death.
- It’s the fiftieth anniversary of BASIC! As part of the festivities, Steve Wozniak shares some memories of writing his own version when he created the first Apple computers.
- This Week in Willie Nelson: In the last two weeks we’ve brought you news of Mr. Nelson getting his beloved Ol’ Dillo back and getting his black belt. This week, we’ve heard of his tour bus being sold online. Sorry folks: the sale has ended already and the listing’s been removed. Curse my metal body; I wasn’t fast enough.
- Apparently it’s all too easy to hack hospital equipment. Please don’t, though?
- Baseball fans, check out firsts and lasts in MLB uniforms.
- You do not want to fool with an exploding whale. Perhaps this was obvious.
- Finally, Star Wars makes sense!
- Jason Krowe has made the Walk aware of the time it rained spiders in Brazil. There is not enough NOOOOOOOOOOPE in the world for this.
- Headline of the Week: This Marsupial Has Marathon Sex Until It Goes Blind and Drops Dead.
- Many films & TV shows incorporate text messages & IM conversations into their visual style, since they’re parts of our everyday lives. The most stylish use I’ve seen is probably Sherlock, to the surprise of few.
- Speaking of texting, if someone tries to engage in sexting with you and you do not find this enticing, feel free to respond thusly.
- In our Place to Be Nation Link of the Week, Kati Price remembers Bob Hoskins.
