strange radiation: quarks archive

Random bits, strange and/or charming. Or likely to make you angry. Or possibly just here so I know where to look for it later. Wander through them as you will.

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A History of Punctuation [via] (29 Sep)
The interrobang has an HTML entity? No kidding‽
Figures of Speech [via] (17 Sep)
For everything (trope, trope, trope) there is a season.
Lincoln on an Emu Egg (13 Sep)
(Doo-daaah, doo-daaah.)
Linux on a Badger (11 Sep)
Other animals of family Mustelidae can be used in place of a badger, but an adapter may be required. See Appendix II for details.
Encyclopedia Arda (10 Sep)
Between this and wikipedia, no geeky question too obscure.
Field Guide to Fonts (09 Sep)
If Roger Tory Peterson was a fontophile: figure out the font used on whatever you happen to be looking at.
The IPA (07 Sep)
Aka the International Phonetic Alphabet, aka the singer's friend. Also great for telephone note-taking.