This Week in Awesome (8/21/10)

I know the schedule's been a bit wonky lately, things have just been a little busier than usual. (See, too much blogging is a sign that I don't have enough of a regular life.) But of course, the internets keep on providing for us...

People who care about words (which includes me) will want to have a look at Save The Words, a service of the Oxford English Dictionary. (Very Short List)

The Emmy awards are next Sunday, and once again I'm conflicted about watching. Jimmy Fallon is hosting, which might make things amusing, but probably no less tedious. Still, NBC was nice enough to produce these promo spots with Jimmy sort of pretending to be Don Draper, with Mad Men's Christina Hendricks helping out. (They are all more or less the same, with slight differences; I like the bottom one best.)

If you're one of the people who still has a landline (I do, but it's VOIP) you can still buy an old-fashioned wall or desk phone with an honest-to-goodness mechanical bell, in Touch-Tone or even rotary dial (for you true steampunk luddites). And there's some logic to that, as the things are virtually unkillable. (Gizmodo)

If you happen to live in LA and get stuck in traffic, you may want to look for a white Mazda pickup truck, because if you are stuck in traffic behind it, you can at least be entertained by a puppet show. (NPR via Autoblog)