compilation from other blogs

I'm not in general a user of Google products, but I really love the name of the new one:
Shared Stuff.

Here I'm sharing stuff without using it.

Free sewing pattern from the V&A
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1486_couture/create.php

Stephen Fry has a blog (which only connects sometimes). The first entry is extremely long, and
about smart phones and other similar devices. This is a subject about which I have no interest, but I read most of the extremely long post anyway, for the delight of reading his prose.
http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/


Put down the duckie (because everybody needs to see it from time to time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6HdH57rZzU

Seasonal:
http://www.wgbh.org/pages/pri/spirit/alphabetical.html
scroll down to Door and (if you've got an hour) listen to Ellen Kushner's radio show about the High Holy Days.

might as well weigh in

Is this art?



As far as I can tell, if an artist says something is art, it's art. So yeah, I guess so.

Would it improve one's prospects at a job fair? I doubt it.

Does it look like a bomb? No. (I suppose the police would say that's the sneaky part).

Would anybody who has lived in the US recently & has any common sense wear it to an airport? No.

Should the police be willing to shoot someone dead at a crowded airport? No.