http://www.gleefulgecko.com Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:54:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interesting story in the New York Times about the restoration work being done at Gettysburg on the Cyclorama. They are trying to fully restore it as it was originally shown, complete with props and three-d effects. This is great news really if you are a history buff. The Cyclorama was ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1477/ Another one I found while cleaning up my bookmarks. I know many of my readers have played World of Warcraft, but how many of you have played WTF?! ? It is a wicked little parody of the king of the Massive Multiplayer Games hill that has a sharp sense of ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1475/ I don't like to post up ads for people who make more in a day than I make in a lifetime but this advertising clip of Hellboy on The Actor's Studio that they released as a mini ad made me laugh. The new movie may well be terrible, I liked ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1474/ I meant to post this back in April and just stumbled across this link. A group called Improv Anywhere decided to turn a little league game into a major league game. Brilliance results. They even got the Goodyear Blimp to turn up. Fantastic. They have done a number of interesting ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1470/ Sad news from Pompeii where things are falling apart pretty fast. Once you dig it out you have to take care of it if you want to keep it. Happier news from Berlin where someone has torn Hitler's head off. Sure, it is a little late now, but I admire the ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1468/ Ok, no posts for awhile so here is a quick make up post. The SoS signal just turned 100. Will it be around another hundred years, seems unlikely. The times have just moved on. Nice story in the Irish Independent about the Sea Stallion, a viking ship, which is returning to Denmark ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1466/ I bookmarked this one to post up last week and never got to it. Court Overturns Fathers Grounding of 12 Year Old. More coverage here. As a parent all I can say is the end is nigh. http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1462/ So Walter Scott's flags are probably fakes. And that Lost Amazon Tribe they photographed the other day was fake to. Sigh. Grey and raining and all the cool stories are fakes. I am going to put on some emo music think glum thoughts. Lost Tribe via Dvorak, Scott's Tourist Tat via ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1460/ Todd pointed out a very nice article on the Longship Company in today's Washington Post. I was never a member of the Company but I was a member of the Markland group founded by Bruce Blackistone in the 70s while I was in college and had a very good time ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1459/ Interesting find at Walter Scott's home, some flags from the battle of Waterloo that he put in a drawer and forgot. Napoleonic flags are pretty rare and these are of course very delicate, but it is great news they have been found. http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1457/ I am not opposed to creators making money with copyright by any means, but I am very much in favor of creators respecting fair use as part of the trade off. What is fair use you ask? This video explains it nicely. http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1456/ The Associated Press has managed the difficult feat of uniting the left and right activists on the issue of fair use quotes from their articles. The AP thinks it should be paid $12.50 if you quote five words from one of their articles. The AP does have a case in ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1454/ Bears reacted badly to losing this year's Summer of Fear contest to Sharks by trying to attack an Alaskan town and being driven off by a puppy. http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1453/ Marginal Revolution has an interesting post and comments on what to do if you suddenly find yourself in the year 1000. Interesting points include how we would stand out for our height, how soft our hands are (the old Khmer Rouge standby) and how vulnerable we would be to ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1451/ It has been a lean year for the Summer of Fear, but I want to congratulate the 2008 and winner, return champion, the Shark. It has been close up the wire but the Shark pulled a win out with this brilliant story in the ever reliable Sun. Well done Sharks ... http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/1450/