I've been meaning to put a link to Boing Boing for ages now, but given that I haven't written a note to remind me to do it, it's still nought but an intention.
If you aren't familiar with Boing Boing set about rectifying that this instant. As the logo states, it's a directory of wonderful things. Actually, I'd take issue with that: it's not all wonderful, but it is all extremely interesting, for the most part. It's unusual that I find a site (or book, or show, etc) that caters for so many of my diverse tastes. Boing Boing is pretty much as close as it gets, off the top of my head.
If you need some convincing, here is a selection of posts that have caught my attention over that past day or two:
- video of Korean acrobats jumping really high on a see-saw
- John Hodgman (a man in my pantheon of low-level crushes): A brief digression on matters of lost time
Pamphlet review of 1948's "Behind the Lace Curtains of the YWCA" written by Joseph P. Kamp, an uncle of Jon Voight and a great uncle of Angelina Jolie. Scroll all the way down to see the insane cover.
- Obelisks of Erotic Gratification from 1930s Gernsback magazine, Sexology (The illustration here alone is worth the visit)
See? What's not to love?
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