Sushi therapy: At some point in their day, everybody needs a moment of Zen to calm down and let the stressful surroundings melt away. Connecticut College’s Black’s print collection may just do that, with its selection of beautifully hand-water-coloured 19th century Japanese woodcut prints of fish. And not just any fish, mind you, but tasty ones, like flying fish, yellowtail and blowfish—the forbidden fugu—plus spiny, slimy things like ebi, abalone and crawfish. The images are hi-res enough to print as 5x7 photos to decorate your cubespace. And after you achieve harmony with heaven and earth, you may just need to achieve harmony with some maki and sashimi at http://camel2.conncoll.edu/visual/Japanese-prints/index-main.html.

Geek gourmet: The USENET cookbook presents a collection of recipes (conveniently organized by scientific unit system) that provide a snapshot of what geeks were eating, circa 1987. Highlights include the ambiguously-ingrediented “Hobbit Pie” and “Fish in hot fanny sauce,” offensive no matter which side of the Atlantic you’re on. Don’t spill your lunch on the Commodore Amiga at www.lysator.liu.se/etexts/recept/main.html.

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