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1. Free download of a 13-track tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind. (In Bloom by Butch Walker and the Black Widows is my favorite.)

2. Tips on making photos look better on Blogger.

3. "The lost wreckage of a ship belonging to 17th century pirate Captain Henry Morgan has been discovered in Panama, said a team of U.S. archaeologists." The expedition was funded by Captain Morgan rum.

4. Colleen Coover's looking for commissions.

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1. "However, the volatile situation in Syria means that activists' methods to get documentation off the streets and onto social media are rapidly changing. Unconfirmed reports claim pen phones and small camera phones are being smuggled into Syria by anti-government expatriates and both the Saudi Arabian and American governments."

2. Fascinating article about pirates. When I read about the Barbary pirates in Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver, I thought he was greatly exaggerating their exploits. But no:

Initially, the corsairs used galleys, which were fast and easily maneuverable, but the problem of supplying their rowing crews and soldiers, which could total some 184 men, limited their range. But European renegade sailors, such as John Ward, “without any doubt the greatest scoundrel that ever sailed from England,” as a courtier put it, and Danseker the Dutchman, known as the “Divil Captain,” were on hand to supply the expertise needed for a shift to sailing ships.

They could now raid along the British and the Irish Channels — they would even reach as far north as Iceland. Throughout the century, their raids caused havoc in coastal communities, with sailors and fishermen refusing to go to sea. In the Mediterranean, whole stretches of coast in Spain and Italy were deserted.

3. Useless, but a magical idea - - it looks like a camera, but when you press the shutter it doesn't take a picture. Instead, it pulls off from the net a random photo taken by someone else at that exact moment. Via these sites.

The Black Pearl by Charm City Cakes

The Black Pearl by Charm City Cakes.

Link roundup

1. It's one plot twist after another when Bugsy Malone meets ghost pirates in Spell of the Sea Witch.

2. For those of you interested in Games Workshop miniatures - - a review of the new resin "finecast" figures.

3. Best Buy is giving up on electric scooters and motorcycles.