a cat… standing up!

You may have noticed how quiet Global Spin has become, yet again. With the rise of Twitter and Reader and Tumblr and other such thing-share-ers, our little community no longer has much reason to post their thoughts to a group blog. In response, I’m quitting! … checks notes Oh wait, that’s not it… shuffles papers [...]

Sheep + LED = wackiness ensues

These girls have some baaaadass moves! Enjoy!

Let’s hear it for the invertebrates!

The Xerces Society has a new website. Yay, bugs! I mean, seriously, just because they lack endoskeletons and have more appendages than you do is no reason to get all squeamish. Here, we’ll start you off slowly with some really, really important bugs: native honeybees and bumble bees (one of my favorites). And they’ve got [...]

Mr. Lee, the Three-Eyed Cat

[from my GeekDad post] OK, so he’s not a mutant, but he’s no ordinary cat. Mr. Lee has been outfitted with his very own CatCam, designed and built by his owner, J. Perthold, from a keychain digital camera and some custom circuitry. The CatCam provides a peek into the daily adventures of Mr. Lee as [...]

It’s a Guinea Pig Wedding

A gay guinea pig wedding, that is. I just read about a new kids’ book about a little girl whose Uncle Bobby is getting married (it’s called Uncle Bobby’s Wedding), and her big issue is that he won’t have as much time for her anymore. The fact that the wedding leaves her with two uncles [...]