The National Park Service has a really neat archive of historic photos, including this one of a child chained (for her safety!) to the deck of a canal boat.

Loyal reader John again sends a gem: geek t-shirts in France. Apparently English is the language of many geeks, or at least many geek shirt manufacturers: these vendors seem quite pleased that they are able to offer a few francophone togs.

After reading about the leech-driven Tempest Prognosticator in Fortean Times (FT186, “Animal Machines” p. 50), I hope to someday see one of the two replicas on display: one in the Whitby Museum, the other in the Barometer Museum in Okehampton.

Vintage frames, but in the UK- does anyone know of somewhere more local?

Spoke too soon! Here’s a few:
Allyn Scura
Vintageous
Eyeglasses Warehouse
Eyeglass.com
Vintageiwear

and apparently this guy in New York can make you a pair from your old broken-down pair and make any needed fit adjustments.

No, not waving with your fingers, but the fabulous 30s hairstyle: here’s how to.

They don’t seem to have a usable index page that I can see, so here’s what Google says.

Did you know about the Soviet Union’s moon program? I sure didn’t (until recently)– it doesn’t seem to come up that much in the US. Strange! Except not really. Selective history doesn’t just happen to other people.

A more shades of gray (actually purple) map of how the nation voted, and a county-by-county version. too. Informative!

I was always sorry that I missed this exhibit at the Burke Museum, but here it is: the artifacts of daily life during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Stage one: eat a lot
Stage two: look at job listings in New Zealand