fungal tidbit of the day
Figure 29-19 Giant plasmodium of Phasarum polycephalum completely covering a paper cut-out of the letter W.
2003-09-01
Oulipo tourism
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TRAVEL/09/01/experimental.tourism.reut/index.html
In the same spirit as Georges Perec wrote a novel without ever using the letter "e," the hardy experimental traveller might walk in a straight line from a city's first street in alphabetical order to the last, a concept known as alphatourism.
In London, that makes for a 19-km (12-mile) trek from Abbess Close south of the Thames to Zoffany Street in the north. Alternatively, you could restrict yourself to destinations with double names, like Bora Bora or Walla Walla.
In the same spirit as Georges Perec wrote a novel without ever using the letter "e," the hardy experimental traveller might walk in a straight line from a city's first street in alphabetical order to the last, a concept known as alphatourism.
In London, that makes for a 19-km (12-mile) trek from Abbess Close south of the Thames to Zoffany Street in the north. Alternatively, you could restrict yourself to destinations with double names, like Bora Bora or Walla Walla.