The greatest digital manuscript site EVER

The British Library has gone and outdone itself. And every other digital manuscript website online, it seems. Turning the Pages is the greatest digital manuscript site I've ever seen!

If your computer meets the requirements (latest version of Shockwave, allow popups and high speed access) you will actually get the feeling that you are right there with the ancient tome that you are flipping through, page by page. And there are many, many the choose from: the personal notebook of Leonardo Da Vinci, The Lindisfarne Gospels, The Sherborne Missal, Mercators First Atlas of Europe, and so on...

The books take a while to load, but once ready, you can page through 'by hand', or use a slider bar or arrows to change pages. Paging by hand does take some practice, so use the arrows if you are having trouble.

The text button gives a description of the elements and text, but if you select the audio feature, it is narrated for you in a dignified English accent, of course. You'll need to click the audio button for each new page you turn. Use the magnify feature to check out all the amazing initials and illuminations while you learn about these great works of art, cartography and literature in a whole new way.

Female action figure parade

Way back in the early 90's, I started an action figure collection. But only female figures, because they are usually rarer and have better details. Yeah, that's justification if I ever heard it.

When I finally hit 100 figures I knew I had a problem. Since I'm already a pack rat, this didn't help my ever-growing storage problems. At one point I did manage to have every single one of them displayed, but they literally covered all the wall space in that room. I've since sold off some, but I still have 70 left.

They are all still in thier original boxes, with minimal damage to the backboards. There are some real gems in here, like the Platinum Angela from Spawn, and the green Orion dancer from the original Star Trek series.

I would rather sell 2-5 figures at a time, to cut down on trips to the post office and packing supplies. I'd really love to sell the whole collection at once. I am working on a massive spreadsheet with all kinds of things like serial numbers, paint variants and accesories, plus current retail values.

This is a collection any geek would love. Just please don't make them all captives of your GI Joes.