I swear, I don’t go looking for these things. But having saved How to disagree not ten minutes ago, I cannot help but notice that xkcd has been similarly inspired. Or perhaps not.
Hands up all those who noticed that instead of a misty bloke in a boat, collecting pond scum on the lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing, the header image for this site now sports a springtime view over the domed roofline of Rome?
It is, I think, a little more appropriate. It is also not too racy...
I swear, I don’t go looking for these things. But having saved How to disagree not ten minutes ago, I cannot help but notice that xkcd has been similarly inspired. Or perhaps not.
Yesterday's 50 x 100 x 50 post sent me spiralling down the rabbit's hole of the intertubes, where far and away the most mesmerising thing was this:
First let me get this off my chest. How can a respected newspaper allow this:
The Cassandras always proved wrong.
Cassandra's curse, lest we forget, was that although she was right, no-one would listen.
That feels a lot better. Onward.
The respected newspaper in question is the Wall Str...
The Squeeze found this, and she's right; it is wonderful.
The gorilla totally knocks me dead. But is it Art? Of course not.
