Miscellany of a Cheshire Cat

Firefox is informing (by running as slow as molasses uphill in January in Maine) that I have too many windows open. In the interest of keeping my web browser happy, I have closed some tabs… but some are pages I want to share, so here are some links to distract you this afternoon! (Apologies for not attributing who tipped me off to these links… some have been open for a Long Time.)

15 things worth knowing about Coffee: an informative illustrated forey into coffee facts.

Modern Tech vs The Past: an amusing comparison article from CNET (UK) comparing such modern things like Facebook to their once-upon-a-time counterparts like dinner parties. In the case of Facebook vs Dinner Parties, the author illustrates his point colorfully with images from Stephen King’s Misery.

10 Scariest monsters and demons from Celtic Mythology: Some are rather familiar and others are just cool! The Irish are apparently persecuted by beautiful demon women…

The War of Troy Tapestry is back: after over 4,000 hours of restoration work, this amazing 15th century tapestry will be back on display at the Victoria and Albert museum starting today! The tapestry is part of the new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries, one of 10 new galleries at the V&A providing a tour of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the Renaissance. This, of course, means I want to go back to London now.

32 planets have been discovered outside our solar system and there’s a sunken Mycenaean city of southern Greece that may be responsible for the Atlantis myth. “It is the first time a sunken city has been found in Greece that predates the time that Plato wrote his allegorical tale of the sunken continent of Atlantis.”

Visions of Europe in 2030: A Postmodern Middle Ages: an interesting and, naturally, euro-centric take on the future with interesting comparisons to the Middle Ages. I am amused that the EU is likened to Charlemagne’s Holy Roman Empire…

51 Conspiracy Theories That Don’t Exist But Should: from GeekDad a silly end to my list. “13. Alex Trebek is omnipotent.” “44. Speaking of Chinese food, the reason it tastes the same no matter where you go is because it’s actually supplied to each restaurant through giant underground pipes from a central factory in Quebec.”

Yes, this is the exact type of random stuff that clogs up my browser… I can’t help myself! It’s all so interesting!

tags: atlantis, coffee, conspiracy theories, europe, planets, random, sunken cities, technology