Linky dinks

• 1/0 is a weird little webcomic. It's complete, 1000 strips, of which I've read 200. The author starts with a blank slate, kidnaps a character from another comic, builds a supporting character out of his rib, then goes from there. Lots of breaking the fourth wall, including disagreement among the characters over whether or not the fourth wall exists. Crappy art. And from time to time it makes me laugh like a maniac.
  
  
• See a fabulous blue dragon optical illusion in Windows Media format. I made a little Quicktime version of my own, for those who don't want to deal with .wmv files, but I'll probably take it down in a week or so. To make your own (and why not?), go here.
  
  
• I'm carefully shaping tinfoil into a stylish chapeau, because I still think this election needs some close scrutiny applied to it. But I'm not the only one—some congresscritters agree. And Blackboxvoting.org is doing good work looking into it. (My honest feeling is that these problems are more likely flubs than fraud, and probably not enough to tip the election. But I do think it is worth the time to investigate and catalog them regardless: collect the data, then decide what it means. That's good science, and this is important enough to care.)