Ah, Valentine’s Day. Who doesn’t love Valentine’s Day, right? Some of you may have very elaborate and romantic plans, but the majority of us in academia will probably spend our time doing research. If that’s true, we could all use a healthy dose of whatever these links are. Valentine’s Day or not, we celebrate Friday with a collection of enjoyable items from around the Internet.

Picture courtesy of UWindsor Daily News.

• They say music is good for the mind. And while we’re not brain surgeons (if that’s what you’re looking for, read this) we do know that it’s really fun to play around with Femur Design’s Web Audio Theremin. Because who doesn’t unwind by creating their own synthpop music?
• Most students have probably given up on selling their old textbooks now that we’re this far into the semester. The way we see it, those students have two options: 1.) keep the textbooks (because books are awesome) or 2.) make book art. Because you can also sell art. Otherwise, you can always hollow-out those textbooks and turn them into secret hiding places, like this company.
• Lastly, in light of today, we thought we’d share the latest from PhD Comics. Here’s the rhyme: “Markings are red…Blank screens are blue…Professors love data…That proves their hypotheses true.”

Lastly, if you’re still looking for a way to spend your Valentine’s Day, you might try a blind date with a book. Leddy Library is playing matchmaker for UWindsorites looking to cuddle up with a book, which sounds like the cheapest of cheap dates. Read more in the Daily News article: http://www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2014-02-11/librarians-urge-readers-get-under-covers-st-valentine%E2%80%99s-day