geek toy "Discovery" stores closing

According to Gizmodo, the Discovery stores are closing, across the board. Sadness. I always enjoyed wandering around in there and poking at things, although I did hardly ever buy 'em, which makes me part of the problem. (Should've picked up Carcassone last time I was there.)

zoomquilt!

(Lifted from Duke Listens!.) This is a nice collaborative art project done in flash which zooms in on a picture forever. Zoom Quilt!. If you hover over the left-hand side, you get a slider that lets you control the speed (forward or backward).