An explanation of the Korean writing system, Hanguel, from the Mozilla Korean localization site. Proclaimed in 1446 by King Sejong, Hangul is a clever and elegantly designed alphabet, very different from Chinese, that was aimed at encouraging literacy among the common people.
Ijon links to Assaf Inbari‘s site – a young Hebrew polemicist. I liked Inbari’s short stories, way back when he still wrote them. Most of the material on the site is in Hebrew, and all of it is heavy reading, Saturday supplement sort of stuff.
Television History – The First 75 Years – lots of pictures of antique TVs, including the ancient one descibed in Howard Waldrop’s “The Mister Goober Show”.
Writing With Elvish Fonts. In terrifying detail.
A good site about the Eskimo people living in Northern Alaska: Inupiat of Arctic Alaska.