Ordinal's Cabinet of Ephemera

A selection of steampunk, Victoriana and Second Life news about which I do not really wish to write at length.

For longer nonsense, please see An Engine Fit For My Proceeding, and for shorter, see my Twitterings.

Dec 18

» Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project

Nearly 7000 digital recordings of original wax cylinders.

Dec 14

English Knife & Fork Pistol by Linsley Brothers, Leeds - HLEBOOKS.com

Dec 11

“ when someone buys a book, they are also buying the right to resell that book, to loan it out, or to even give it away if they want. Everyone understands this.

— Jeff Bezos, quoted in “Cory Doctorow: How comes Amazon gets it wrong on digital? | Technology | Guardian Unlimited”

» Somehow disturbingly Torley-threatening artwork

Dec 08

» Age-verification - a matter of informed choice - Massively

Very clear and complete summary of the issues, including a link to Aristotle’s privacy policy.

Dec 07

“ In the article he describes how he first yelled at the moose, distracting it so his sister got away, then when he got attacked and the animal stood over him he feigned death. “Just like you learn at level 30 in World of Warcraft.

— thinking with my fingers: Feign death really works