Newmark's Door

Writing the Great American Novel and need a character name? Help is here. Generate one by nationality, mythological or not, ancient or not, and more.

If you're buying a house, you may well want to watch out for this.

"What’s the difference between these two insects? And what triggers a swarm?"

Answers here. (3 minute video.)

I have not done this and I have no plans to ever to do it. But if you're thinking about it . . . 

For those who want some ruin porn.

One more data point in support of the proposition that if you want to get a smart dog, a border collie is the way to go.

Not surprising: when you mess with important hormones, important effects result.

A really excellent collection. Samples:

Adams’s Law: “A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

Sowell’s Law: In human problems, there are no solutions, only trade-offs.

Conquest’s Three Laws:

1. 1. Everyone is conservative about what he knows best.
   2. Any organization not explicitly and constitutionally right-wing will sooner or later become left-wing.
   3. The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.

Interesting picture. (I'm assuming it is not a fake.)

UPDATE: Original picture was taken down. This one is close to the original.

Kinda fun to play with for a bit.

. . . will draw you a map of just the roads in any city around the world.