It was a charming convention. I look forward to coming back some time (with Peter, this time). Stockholm is a city I look forward to visiting again when I have…

Spent a super day amongst the Swedes. No more to say about that at the moment, except that I’m about to go back to the hotel and fall over. (NB:…

And how not, when he writes stuff like this? Moviegoers who knowingly buy a ticket for “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” are going to get exactly what they…

Gaah. Tags: computer, detention, laptop, examination, gaah, paranoia, government

Like you didn’t already suspect this: In an Anglo-Saxon book of poetry kept at Exeter Cathedral, researchers from Britain’s Wolverhampton University have unearthed a joke that suggests the clichéd ribaldry…

So here I am. Missing Peter (inevitable), enjoying the weather (hot, sunny, a touch humid), and working (also inevitable: Vasa is going to have to wait for the next trip,…

…This is a canned blog entry. At the time it’s posted, I’ll be on my way to Dublin to catch my flight to Sweden. But I saw this and thought…

PASADENA, Calif.–Bars abound in spiral galaxies today, but this was not always the case. A group of 16 astronomers, led by Kartik Sheth of NASA’s Spitzer Science Center at the…

Sheesh. Unusual for me. But here’s the info.  (The path of totality has also been Google Mapped.) Stockholm will only be getting a partial — I estimate 35–40%-ish coverage from…

And a whole lot of it. 3000+ titles recorded from a massive collection of 78 RPM vinyl. This is a wonderful resource.  

Turns out I have one more hardcover copy of Spock’s World available. These are hard to find now in decent condition. The book’s dustjacket is in good condition — slight…

Specifically, for online pick-your-own-ingredients-and-we’ll-ship-it-to-you muesli. From this week muesli lovers in the UK will be able to order their very own custom made cereal choosing their ingredients online. The German…

As the rest of the books offered for sale a while back get their final fates and destinations worked out, here’s one that is now free again to be sold.…

I love these.   Tags: Moon, images

For you iPhoners and other outwardly-mobile types, we now have a .mobi version of OOA. It’s at: http://outofambit.mofuse.mobi/ If you prefer to read Out of Ambit’s mirror blog at LiveJournal mirror…

Yeeeeuuurrrrrrrrgh. What was this cake designer thinking of??? If I found myself at a party where that was sitting on the buffet or whatever, I would seriously consider leaving. (shudder)…

For those of you who’re not subscribers: the latest chapter has just gone online for the general readership over at the TBM site. Here’s the URL — http://www.the-big-meow.com/Chapter-Seven-Gateway All the…

Some of you constant readers may remember this message of last spring when I was in the process of getting rid of / cleaning out some old books. The process…

Peter was riding over to the next town to pick up a couple of things yesterday afternoon when his bike’s chain broke and he went over the handlebars and came down…

Or, rather, without the flimsy semi-transparent bag with handles that cut into your hands like cheesewire if you put something in the bag that weighs more than a pound? Here in…

The uranium content of granite has always been somewhat in our radar since we moved to Ireland, since there’s a lot of granite in Wicklow;  and where there’s granite, because…

Before introducing footage from the new Wolverine movie, Hugh Jackman jumps down off the stage to shake Len Wein’s hand. What a super moment! And so very deserved. Once he…

It would have been perfect for the crumpets. (via Clotilde at Chocolate and Zucchini) Tags: food, cooking, batter, dough, whisk, kitchen, tools

Here’s another 2008 convention gig I thought I’d post about here, since it hasn’t been mentioned on the blog previously, and this seems like a good way to get the…