We spent the last few days in scenic Weatherford, Texas (if that sounds like sarcasm, you need to drive through some of the neighborhoods south of I-20 and you’ll see that I’m serious. But be sure to pack a GPS.) and thus haven’t been attending to bloggerly duties. Here’s some stuff I hope will make up for that.
- We don’t live far from Carlsbad Caverns, in New Mexico, but I’ve never seen the bats emerge from or return to the caves. I’ll bet you haven’t either, at least not like this:
The flight of the bats was filmed using an infrared camera which tracked their movements via their body heat. Amazing footage. I’ve watched it closely, and out of a half million bats (unaudited, I suspect, but still) I saw not a single collision. Drivers in Houston’s rush hour traffic should be so skilled. (Via Wired)
- From the sublime to the, um, not so. Here’s how Terminator should have ended. (Via Geeks are Sexy)
- Wonder if Bruce Schneier knows about this?
- Peace Frog is a Japanese motorcycle shop (manufacturer? customizer? hard to tell) which has assembled what appears to be a Royal Enfield with an Indian badge. Gotta love the minimalism; I’d ride one.
- Speaking of bicycles (well, sort of) here’s a lush new (to me) online-only cycling publication called The Ride. Volume 1 is a big PDF and is mostly a series of one page essays written mostly by people unfamiliar to me, although Greg LeMond does recollect The Time Trial (surely you don’t have to ask).
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Eric, re: the support for Roman Polanski … Terry Teachout has a good write-up at wsj.com, with a lomg list of supporters in Hollywood … but also a mention of dissenters, such as writer=director Kevin Smith.