Global Spin

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 [...]

Posted by Chris in Animals, Technology, Web 2.0 on April 30th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

These girls have some baaaadass moves! Enjoy!

Posted by Deb in Animals, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Fun, Oddly Enough, Plain foolishness, That which is awesome, You have got to be kidding on March 18th, 2009 | Comments Off

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 [...]

Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Animals, Environment, Science, That which is awesome, Uncategorized on January 5th, 2009 | Comments Off

[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 [...]

Posted by Chris in Animals, Fun, Geekdad, Technology on October 7th, 2008 | Comments Off

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 [...]

Posted by Deana in Animals, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Culture, Fun, Literature, Sexuality on May 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off