January 2008
“As the voting begins in earnest, what are we to make of the Republican...”
– They’d Rather Be Right - The New York Review of Books
“Once the plane is airborne, you may RECLINE YOUR SEATBACK by pressing the button...”
– A Users Manual to Seat 21C - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog
“We are going from $1.5 billion in grants a year in 2006 to $3 billion in 2009....”
– Bill Gates: the exit interview - Engadget
“Germany is still around and so is Japan, but their defeats changed them as much...”
– Ancient History and Our Funny Ancestors « Sake White
What Matters
None of this is to suggest that what is at stake in the election doesn’t matter, or that those deeply invested in it are misallocating life’s limited days. It matters. It is to suggest that the never-off eye of modern political media leaves the impression that nothing good is possible. If progress happens, as with the surge in Iraq or a new therapy for cancer, it must be diminished by...
“Forget touch screens and electronic voting. In Canadian Federal elections, two...”
– I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Follow the Money | PBS
“This simulation shows what happens when momentum is not ignored, an approach...”
– Sandia supercomputers offer new explanation of Tunguska disaster - December 17, 2007
“Neither the Islamic outrage against Bishop Nazir Ali’s observation nor the...”
– The Belmont Club: Muslims call for ‘no-go’ CoE bishop to resign
“Just like anti-Semitism, so, too is anti-Americanism antonymous. Everything and...”
– America Derangement Syndrome — or, yes, you can call them unpatriotic « Bookworm Room
“I note, too, that the Ontario Federation of Labour is supporting the Canadian...”
– Here’s what offends this writer | Macleans.ca - Columnists
“Nonetheless, even in this craven environment, Canada’s “human rights...”
– Here’s what offends this writer | Macleans.ca - Columnists
“I’m interested to know what precisely is the of fence? Are Mullah...”
– Here’s what offends this writer | Macleans.ca - Columnists
“With all of the “me-too” ideas chasing Internet concepts, one can...”
– Linden’s Web 2.0 doomsday prediction
Things that disappear
From a Sarajevo War Survivor:
Experiencing horrible things that can happen in a war - death of parents andfriends, hunger and malnutrition, endless freezing cold, fear, sniper attacks.
1. Stockpiling helps. but you never no how long trouble will last, so locate near renewable food sources.
2. Living near a well with a manual pump is like being in Eden.
3. After awhile, even gold can lose its...
How we work
We’re interested in the habits, rituals and small (and occasionally big) methods people and teams use to get their work done. And in the specific anecdotes and the way people describe their own relationship to their own work. Here’s a list of some stories and habits. Not sure it is actually useful for anything. Do any patterns emerge across stories, other than the obvious stories of...
“With this his fifth dud in a row, maybe Hollywood will finally figure out what...”
– LIBERTAS » Blog Archive » LIBERTAS REVIEW: The Bucket List
“When evil comes, it won’t be easily identifiable, with a hunched back and...”
– View From The Porch: The Evil That Men Don’t.
“Windows is complicated because it is both ancient and mature. It has been around...”
– Unqualified Reservations: A straightforward explanation of the present financial crisis (part 1)
WatchIn a wide-ranging talk, Vilayanur Ramachandran explores how brain damage can reveal the connection between the internal structures of the brain and the corresponding functions of the mind. He talks about phantom limb pain, synesthesia (when people hear color or smell sounds), and the Capgras delusion, when brain-damaged people believe their closest friends and family have been replaced with...
WatchThe Corner on National Review Online The Today Show’s handjob for Hillary. Bring out the air-sickness bags!
WatchAndy Carvin’s Waste of Bandwidth: What Teachers Really Make
“Are you a strict non-combatant?” Second Lieutenant Mike Barefoot said to me as...”
– Michael J. Totten: A Plan to Kill Everyone
“There’s a bottom-line question every man must ask himself about the woman in his...”
– The No Nonsense Man » Blog Archive » Phallus or Trailer Hitch?