The Waterfront, Covered - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com: ”There were at least 8 pictures of lovers; 73 of bridges; 56 of ships, kayaks, canoes and other water-going vessels; 7 of umbrellas; 4 each of amusement-park rides and faux palm trees; 5 of geese; and 1 each of the following: chess player, balloon, butterfly, contortionist.”

How-to register an International Domain Name: ”However the Internet is now international and, we require some way of including accented, Greek, Chinese, and Cyrillic characters, among many others.”

Hospice medical care for dying patients : The New Yorker: ”As for last words, they hardly seem to exist anymore.” (An important essay by Atul Gawande about medicine and the end of life.)

Custom FIELD NOTES and Bulk/Wholesale Orders: I love little notebooks. Perhaps we'll get these Field Notes notebooks customized for ScienceOnline2011.