Friday Findings (30 Jan, 2009 Edition)

The Music of Athens (Georgia) is wikipedia's featured article for today!

The future of online news, c 1981, a total blast from the past. We have come a long, long way is a pretty short time.

The Protocols of Science Fiction, the hows and whys of the way science fiction is written the way it is.

More of Real Life Superheroes, yes, there are people who dress up in spandex and do good deeds. We need more of them.

Amazing photo of the ice sheets on the Elbe during the recent freeze in Europe.

Save the Words!

Every year, more and more perfectly good English words are lost due to no fault of their own. Please adopt a word, treasure it and use it. Our language will be richer for it.

Visit Save the Words for more information.

I have adopted Scathefire:

When the scathefire was done, there was nothing left of the town but ashes.

A destructive fire.