"Weave the warp and weave the woof / The winding sheet of Edward's race"

[larryhammer]

Link, link, who's got the linky? Why, I do! In a year's end round-up, too:

APOD's pictures of the year.

From sarah_create, the 13 Jólasveinar ("Yule-lads") of Iceland: intro, list.

How ever-more-accurate clocks are changing our world. (via)

It really is called a thagomizer. Sometimes, anyway.

On the evolution of origami ungulates.

Speaking of origami, the result of doing the folds in quote #3 is something like this. Much more dignified than in tiny.

---L.

Comments

[sfmarty.livejournal.com]

wow...and thanks!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

That Chinese water buffalo is just amazing. How can such things be possible? But they are.

[maryosmanski.livejournal.com]

Too much cool stuff here to pick a favorite!

Thank you for sharing with us all.

[rosefox]

Don't miss this piece on Robert Lang and origami telescope lenses, among other things.

[larryhammer]

Oo! I knew about the telescope-folding project, but hadn't seen that profile yet. Thankee.

(I'm folding his black anglerfish now. Or rather, wasting time online while pressing it down for a bit.)

---L.