No, not the golf links. Web links. Time to play catch up and reveal what's interested me the last few weeks.

Apparently, perfectly legal. I purchased the October Sky soundtrack, long out of print, for $2.50.
All of MP3

A namesake from over a hundred years ago. Look at the listed "conditions".
Campbells and Flatts

Bizarre

Rogue vet debarks neighbor's puppy
Coke and Mentos Fountain
Man wins $400K for 10-year implant malfunction
What is Burning Man?
'Kinky' but not 'Grandma' to be on the Texas ballot

Computers

Online office software makes no sense to me. I can get a far better office suite for free and install it on my computer where a) it runs faster, and b) the files aren't stored on some unknown server. This guy makes my point.
Google Spreadsheets and the usefulness of online applications.

Don't Let 'Intellectual Property' Twist Your Ethos

I like this web site's design.
Cream

Superb

Fish produces natural antifreeze to stay alive
Scientists create hybrid butterfly species
Shells may have been earliest jewelry
Key to long life may be mom's age at birth
Pacific Domes - Geodesic domes and homes
Geodesic domes: 'Doing more with less'
One drink can make you blind drunk
Photo of Mozart's widow found
Study finds organ genes differ by gender
Geometry of Music
Paralyzed man masters thought control

I suppose I should start a separate page for this, but here's one way.

1. Laugh at the spam email you just received with the subject line "Tired of that jerk you call a boss?". In fact, shout out "Yes!!" as loud as you can.

It's funny that, while I've always loved later films and television in the style of film noire, as well as radio shows like The Shadow, I'm not sure I've ever seen any films that are properly considered noire.

Well, now I have, for sure. The Third Man has plenty of shadows, overcoats, sultry women, murder, suspense, alleys, architecture...did I say shadows already?

I had never heard of--or, at least, remembered--director Carol Reed, though I've seen Oliver!. I'm thinking I've overlooked one of the finest directors in film. I highly recommend this movie.

Quote from Carol Reed:

"In time I believe we shall get away from the eternal happy ending - it is difficult to get an audience really interested in the problems of the two main characters of a story when they know in the end it will all work out all right, however difficult it may seem."

Playing perhaps my favorite character in the film is Bernard Lee, who would become most famous for playing M in the James Bond movies.

I can't begin to describe the wonderful Austrian character actress Hedwig Bleibtreu. Even her name is amazing.

The arrogant, brilliant Orson Welles

Trevor Howard. Love him.

Our perfect stars, Alida Valli and Joseph Cotten

Vienna. Beautiful. Did I mention shadows?