Category: Interesting links

Bloody Hell!.

MeFi’s almost-live record of the papal election.

A good discussion of the British elections from a US perspective can be found on MyDD.

Very obscure punk music? Walk this way.

Starbucks Delocator.

A yen for the A307? Get your kicks on the B776? Find out all about it at the Roader’s Digest – a comprehensive catalogue of British roads.

The BBC’s arts-and-talk channel, Radio 4, had an interesting programme
on today called “From Arial to Wide Latin” – a half-hour documentary
about typefaces and how people use them. The programme’s web site is
here,
and contains a link to a RealAudio version of the programme.

Excellent discussion in this MetaFilter thread on the life and philosophy of Ayn Rand.

Some great photos of tube stations. More interesting than it sounds. (via MeFi)

The Stopped Clocks Foundation is dedicated to the worthy cause of getting all the stopped church clocks, town hall clocks and other public timepieces going again. Send them your stopped clock pictures. (via BoingBoing)