Word of the Day
Recondite (adj., WRECK-un-DIGHT)
Not easily understood or hidden. Less the kind of things that would fit barroom trivia contests and more quantum mechanics or string theory.
Gif of the Day
Good morningCoffeeLittle dancesSunshineWinkCase of the Fridays?
Link of the Day
The sound of ice
Ice has a sound. It's not the sound of cracking, but there is a unique, otherworldly sound that comes from it. To find it, though, you have to skate on thin, newly formed black ice, as Henrik Trygg demonstrates:
Also, yesterday, Jason Kottke noted a bridge from Prince Edward Island that has been inadvertently slicing ice into identical geometric sizes. The ice gets pushed by the current into the bridge, where it breaks up. The bridge's pylons are evenly spaced, creating the weird effect:
IceSkatingWe are not aloneChop chopWe come from the land of the ice and snow?