Chipping the web – Pentelicon

The aircraft flying Pan Am 103 was named Clipper Maid of the Seas.  Unfortunately, she made land rather abruptly near Lockerbie, Scotland.

Paul answered my Blogging Tips meme-tag with a veripun: “Persistence is fertile.”

veripun, n., a truth embodied in a pun.  From L. verus, “true” + “pun”.  I just made that up.

Lots of people have carried this meme forward, but not G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.

Insulting consulting with intractable contracting.

If bugs were people, you’d be China.  More.

Reg on the validity of conclusions drawn from statistics, and the problem of sample bias.  And Phil provides a great example!

When operator overloading gets way too cute for its own good.

Help Shelley generate ideas for her new book on web graphics.

Shelley has figured out why the GOP is being shy about their upcoming YouTube debate — they think it might shine the light where it usually don’t.

How to write a resignation letter (if you’re a sysadmin).

TDavid hit the 10,000 comment mark on Makeyougohmm.com, and he has some well-placed thrusts for those who disallow comments on their blogs.

Thanks for the link-love, Reg, Martin and FiatDev!

Widget watch:  Shack Dougall uses the OPML Browser widget for Wordpress, and even gave me a good suggestion for it.