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By JB Sanders<\/p>\n

Fall is here.<\/p>\n

Fun Victorian Phrases<\/a><\/Strong>
\nFor those linguistic geeks among us, here’s a review of a Victorian slang dictionary. It brings such fun phrases as “suitable for electioneering purposes” (referring to an egg that’s gone bad, for the exercise of projecting them at antagonistic candidates), or “bags o’ mystery”, referring to sausages.<\/p>\n

20 Trivia Bits On the X-Files<\/a><\/Strong>
\nSo, to make some of us feel old, the TV show The X-Files premiered 20 years ago. In honor of that, some random trivia bits about the show and its creators.<\/p>\n

Every First Edition of the James Bond Novels<\/a><\/Strong>
\nIan Fleming’s seminal novels all in one virtual place. In full color, with original covers. Pretty nifty.<\/p>\n

Cube Robots<\/a><\/Strong>
\nIgnore the stupid headline — while they are “self-assembling”, it’s only in that the cubes can be told to arrange themselves together in groups, not actually build new robo-cubes. Still, they’re pretty neat.<\/p>\n

Fearsome Galloping Robot<\/Strong>
\nWhen the robot wars come, this will have been your preview. Or at some point we’ll get mechanical, robotic horse-racing. Either way.
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