Hey kids! Want to see a working model of the Antikythera Mechanism? Sure you do!

If you're still looking for some last-minute gift ideas, Villainess soaps look like an excellent idea for the Neo-Victorian in your life. If there is one, that is. If the recipient is more of a tinkerer, perhaps you could interest him or her in this Tesla car alarm. (The entire Tesla Down Under site is amazing, but also bandwidth-heavy, so go in with some warning.)

Swiped from Matt of Enter the Octopus: a weblog devoted to mustaches of the 19th century.

And finally, Danny points out that Oddee has done a whole entry on gorgeous libraries, and as I won't be updating on Thursday, I send you there now!