Happy New Year’s Eve. Hope you all have wonderful plans and will have fun. Me, I’m hanging out and relaxing after enjoying a holiday trip. Everything’s pretty slow and mellow here, the reason these links are up in the late afternoon, but for those looking for something interesting to read, please enjoy.

Just for Fun

A visual delight of time-lapsed photography set to music:
http://vimeo.com/16369165

Science

As a kid, I loved my Rubiks Cube, and that love stopped more when I lost mine than because I outgrew it. Add in robots which I’ve continued to find fascinating, and this is a gem:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2010/12/robot-solves-rubiks-cube-in-15-seconds.html

Writing

A fascinating glimpse into how Juliette Wade constructs the language of her characters as an expression of their culture and world view:
http://sciencefictionmusings.blogspot.com/2010/11/peering-behind-curtain-with-juliette.html