Larry's Pretty Good Web Log

Not my blog, but a running log of links I add to my pretty good pages. As such, there's not much ephemera but more stuff I'll want to return to.

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23 Apr 07 · · In celebration of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, here's the complete text of "The Myrmidons." (added to shameless self-promotion)

22 Apr 07 · · Lio! (added to fluff)

4 Mar 07 · · Nifty pictures of all sorts of stuff from Dark Roasted Blend. Where does he find the time for all this? (added to fluff)

13 Jan 07 · · Nifty words from the Wordcraft Dictionary. (added to fluff)

8 Jan 07 · · Yet another generator of an alternative to lorem ipsum. (added to fluff)

4 Jan 07 · · I've a new congresscritter as of today, and she has a new website. (added to politics)

2 Jan 07 · · Fiction and poetry market listings from Duotrope. (added to fluff)

1 Jan 07 · · Start off the new year with a bracing collection of mathematics utilities. (added to science)

30 Dec 06 · · The Electronic Canterbury Tales, now with added Troilus and Criesyde. (added to fluff)

29 Dec 06 · · If you want to use a slide rule but don't actually have one, don't worry—there's these simulators. (added to science)

28 Dec 06 · · Get random words fast ... fast like a ninja. (added to fluff)

27 Dec 06 · · "Beware the logical fallacy, my son! / The flaws that bite, the clauses that catch!" (added to science)

26 Dec 06 · · One last religion link for this round of updates: Bible Study Tools. (added to religion)

25 Dec 06 · · The helpful forums at the Origami Database. (added to origami)

24 Dec 06 · · How far can you hurl things with a virtual siege engine? Take the Treb Challenge and find out. (added to fluff)

23 Dec 06 · · The grammar of Knot a Braid of Links seems a bit wonky: it's a description, not a command. (added to science)

22 Dec 06 · · More things that get folded: napkins! (added to origami)

21 Dec 06 · · Why stick to your local news when you can read from a random newspaper from around the world? (added to fluff)

20 Dec 06 · · I give up. Rather than link to all the different Bible browsing sites out there, I'll just let Virtual Christianity do it for me. (added to religion)

19 Dec 06 · · Daily News Haikus may not be quite as good as the late, lamented Headline Haikus, but I'll take any substitute I can get. (added to news)

18 Dec 06 · · Okay, one more chemistry glossary. Because it is such a complicated subject. (added to science)

17 Dec 06 · · Fold your own (decorative) envelopes. (added to origami)

16 Dec 06 · · For U.S. writers and journalists, a First Amendment Handbook. (added to research)

15 Dec 06 · · As advertised: skb list o' nifty words. (added to fluff)

14 Dec 06 · · Quality links to Biblical studies sites, with an emphasis on the second half. (added to religion)

13 Dec 06 · · Quality links to recreational math sites. (added to science)

12 Dec 06 · · How many modular models can you make? (added to origami)

11 Dec 06 · · Changing links to here or there. (added to fluff)

10 Dec 06 · · Another source for GEOS weather satellite images. (added to weather)

9 Dec 06 · · Sometimes you need a really fast dictionary ... fast like a ninja. (added to research)

8 Dec 06 · · A nice explanation of dark matter and why we're looking for it. (added to science)

7 Dec 06 · · The Ethereal Library collects heaploads of Bible translations, commentary, and references, all cross-referenced by passage. (added to religion)

6 Dec 06 · · TypoWiki has a number of type design how-tos. (added to type)

5 Dec 06 · · Another linklist of Internet resources in literature. Because, of course, you don't have anything else taking up your time online. (added to fluff)

4 Dec 06 · · With Pepakura Designer, you can create the pattern of a paper model from data from any standard 3D CG program. (added to origami)

3 Dec 06 · · Isn't it about time to admit that I read Slate every so often? I thought so. (added to news)

2 Dec 06 · · Come on, boys and girls, let's build model Stirling engines! (added to science)

1 Dec 06 · · For the NWS's Doppler radar for Tucson, might as well link to the source instead of someone else's site. (added to weather)

30 Nov 06 · · "InfoMine is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level." (added to research)

29 Nov 06 · · This scan may be blatant copyright violation, but The Unstrung Harp; or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel is still the only writing book you'll ever need. (added to fluff)

28 Nov 06 · · A possibly useful reader's guide to the New Testament. I'd prefer something online, rather than a list of books, but liberal Christian writings are underrepresented on the 'net. (added to religion)

27 Nov 06 · · David Lister has several essays on the history and aesthetics of origami. (added to origami)

26 Nov 06 · · A list of unsolved problems of mathematics, in case you want to take a crack at them. (added to science)

25 Nov 06 · · Daily news from south of the border: Mexico Daily. More a news portal than a newspaper in itself, but still. (added to news)

24 Nov 06 · · Did I know that Earthweek is available online as well as in the newspaper? (added to weather)

23 Nov 06 · · Need to know how to cuss in Latin? Wikipedia's got you covered. (added to fluff)

22 Nov 06 · · Keep track of us with the U.S. POPClock. (added to research)

21 Nov 06 · · More skeptical commentary: The Dark Bible, focusing on dubious morality. (added to religion)

20 Nov 06 · · A usefully simplified summary of the standard model of particle physics. (added to science)

19 Nov 06 · · Good luck keeping the names of The Origami Database and the Origami Model Diagram Database straight. (added to origami)

18 Nov 06 · · The folks over at Seed sponsor a heaping pile of Science Blogs. (added to news)

17 Nov 06 · · "Once upon a time, a random fairytale generator lived all alone on the Internet." (added to fluff)

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