links for 2008-01-03

A really interesting-sounding application for the Mac for organising and acquiring science papers in PDF format, to build “a personal library of science”.

Had you been able to trademark characters in the 19th Century, as you can today, the Flashman books could never have been written – a reminder that literature, like all art, sometimes stands on the shoulders of other work.

Some very sensible talk about science, exposing the bull that goes out on television. “Chemical-free” make-up, anyway? Isn’t that just called “vacuum”.

One I missed (thanks to Robert Brook for filling me in). Hopefully, this will mean a slew of desktop aggregators which sync with Google Reader – something that will make me very happy.

More bonkersness from our favourite huge state.