Falloween grab bag

The days are getting shorter; the light glows paler; the wind is colder. Finland, lacking both Halloween and Thanksgiving, has slid into a full-on holiday marketing blitz that would make hohophobes around the world cry foul. No Falloween here.

I surf the net when the cable connection hasn't been cut by the neighbours doing home improvement or I'm not staring aimlessly into space after spending an hour or two attempting to fathom the absolutely insane Finnish plurals. I'll just jot down a few new and old sites with new content in lieu of boring myself with my own ennui.

Random

• Despair.com 2004 Calendar * My cube used to be empty save for my Macquarium and a Demotivators calendar. The "Enron Document Storage" stickers are also tempting.
• Tom Tomorrow satire of war bloggers * A valiant attempt Tom but you know the definition of satire...
• The Meowtrix * Because the flash spoofs of the movies are better than the movies themselves.
• Henchfig's Codeblurbs * Magnetic geekery
• Ballmer does iPod * Don't drink any beverage this man offers you.
• Sunny 16 * New Ben Folds EP. Be sure to listen to the lyrics in All U Can Eat.
• HELTown * mactown-esque desktop and icons of Helsinki
• PixelGirl * PixelGirl has good taste in icons and desktops.
• Watiworks * Excellent icons.
• The Airbow * Way to go Andy!

Blogs and Journals

• Halfbakery * Full of fun, crazy ideas
• West Virginia Surf Report * One of the most entertaining and well written blogs around.
• 2lmc * link blog. no crane porn.
• The Sneeze * Anyone curious enough about Beggin' Strips to make a BLT out of them and eat them rates high in my book. :)
• First Monday * An old favourite remembered.
• NeatNew * The website is easier than the email which gets swallowed by the deluge in my inbox.
• View of the Day * A rather nicely done Helsinki photoblog.
• MIT Tech Review blog * Usually interesting bits on technology.

Lingua

• Wordspy * Always some new words to make you laugh...and cry
• Prints the Chaff * Solid newspaper editor blog
• Copy Massage * A copy editor as cynical as I am.
• Vocabula Review * An on-line journal for English language lovers with such gems as A Feast of Halloween Puns which recalls all those corny school lunch menus long past. At $9 per year, it's a must have.
• The Discouraging Word * Lingua blog
• Wordways * Journal of Recreational Linguistics
• Unwords Remember sniglets?
• The Meaning of Liff * More fun sniglets
• Pseudodictionary * A modern sniglet-esque dictionary.
• Anguish Languish * To remind me that Finnish is not the only crazy-ass language in town. :)
• Finnish Grammar * Free and downloadable.