Tom Paxton, 40 years… (thanks to Dave’s Whiteboard for the original pointer)

• Tipping to the right, again on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
  Ears of the Hippo again… consider the variety of other vernacular photo Groups linked on this page
  (tags: vernacular photography)

From Bruce Sterling’s blog, where he presents a translation of a German Freedom Not Fear campaign manifesto. Right ON!

• In which Politics exhilarate
  Guhhhh indeed. From Wondermark Lite, and a beam of sunlight in grim times.
  (tags: argybargy linguistics)

I missed Taylor Mali’s reading of his Totally Like Whatever, You Know? the first time it came around (NPR, in 2005), but good old Mark Liberman over at Language Log points to it in a nutritious posting on Uptalk anxiety. And whaddya know, YouTube hazzit too:

• The Boat Lullabies: Moving Pictures
  OK, just an animated gif, but classy
  (tags: photography)

Man, I just LOOOOVE it:

(via Dial “M” for Musicology)

• Maya Soetoro-Ng: what’s in a name?
  a nice discussion from Language Log
  (tags: onomastics)
• The languages of the Caucasus
  from Language Log
  (tags: languages geospatial)

• Digital Deli
  "The Comprehensive, User-Lovable Menu of Computer Lore, Culture, Lifestyles and Fancy", 1984… and worth a gratitudinous look back.
  (tags: computing history)

• Handmade jaw harp collection
  from Make
  (tags: musics instruments)