1. "Free Prose Friday" is soooo 2007. Welcome to i-Friday!
2. A recent study shows that when Tiger Woods steps onto the course the other players perform worse than when he's not there [link (via kottke.org)]. That same phenomenon occurs here daily. When I show up and post, the other blog writers perform worse. Fore!
3. At BoingBoing.net today, I discovered this wonderful gem: Chris Harrison's "Visualizing the Bible" diagrams the relationships between people and places in the Bible -- what Chris calls a "biblical social network" [link]. In an email from him, Chris states that he is working to get the images mirrored so that the website is more responsive. If you have problems like I have all morning, check back later.
4. OK, this may sound strange to some people, but I cannot view Youtube videos at work or home. It's blocked by both content filters -- the one at home by choice. But I read an interesting article this week about three unemployed graphic designers who recreated D-Day at Omaha Beach in Normandy [link] and post the link here with the aim of watching it at the next available opportunity.
5. Quote of the week: "The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every
constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of
Laws." - Walt Whitman. (e.g., [link])
6. And, finally, books that make you dumb: [link].