I run across interesting things all the time. While I might blog about some of them, others are simply "link worthy". Here are a few for your weekend viewing pleasure...

Writing Stuff

Top Speculative Fiction Writers Pick Favorite Stories
What short fiction stories or novels do some of today's most recognizable science fiction and fantasy writers recommend? Their answers may surprise you. They include tales from the 1940s to some of the newest names in fiction.

Weird Tales: The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years! 
With accompanying blog entries over the next 85 days.

The End of the Line?
An unlikely row has erupted in France over suggestions that the semicolon's days are numbered; worse, the growing influence of English is apparently to blame.

Cool Stuff ('cool' being a relative term, of course)

Mysteries of computer from 65BC are solved
A 2,000-year-old mechanical computer salvaged from a Roman shipwreck has astounded scientists who have finally unravelled the secrets of how the sophisticated device works.

It's a heady brew on Saturn's geyser moon, finds Cassini
NASA's Cassini spacecraft tasted and sampled a surprising organic brew erupting in geyser-like fashion from Saturn's moon Enceladus during a close flyby on March 12.

Victorious Mongoose 1902a: Concealable ray pistol
This – the world’s first concealable ray pistol – is the perfect foil, should a pickpocket, pirate or pauper catch you on the unawares. Return them to their constituent molecules!

Oceans of Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan.

Life on Mars
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has found evidence of salt deposits. These deposits point to places where water once was abundant and where evidence might exist of possible Martian life from the Red Planet's past.

Web/Blog Stuff

Sitemeter
I'm exploring this as another option for tracking visits to my site. I also use my own web site's stats page via my ISP, GoDaddy, and Google Analytics.

ProBlogger.net: How to Come Up with Topics to Write About On Your Blog
The secret's out: I read sites that help one's success at blogging.