John Perry Barlow called me a smug dick on Twitter tonight because I pointed out that the collective outraged Twittering about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s rigging of the elections in Iran probably wasn’t going to change a goddamn thing. He’s half-right. I am a dick, but I’m not feeling particularly smug about it. (I also think JPB […]
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Follow the money. (And the smack.)
I was watching author Gretchen Peters tonight on yesterday’s Daily Show, promoting her new book Seeds Of Terror, about the links between the poppy trade in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Taliban and al-Qaeda. It looks like a fascinating book, and I’d like to pick it up and read it before I offer any comment […]
What the iPhone 3GS means
So the iPhone 3GS is about to drop. (I just got an iPhone 3G, so I’m eligible to return it and get this new one.) This is what’s most important about it: GPS (which determines the device’s location) + digital compass (which determines the device’s current direction it’s being pointed in) + tilt sensors (which […]
Memorial Day Mix
Trinity Panorama
A panoramic shot of the Trinity nuclear test site from the 2006 trip chronicled in “Dark Miracle“. Click to download the really big version.
The Universe, as pseudo-code.
class Universe(){ include(“quantum.object.inc”); include(“bigBang.function.inc”); function Universe(){ var bigBang = new bigBang(); while(bigBang->happening()){ calculateQuanta(); } if(!bigBang->happening()){ exit(); } } }
Helping Wolfram Alpha, pt. 1.
Get a rope.
This made me sick to my stomach this morning (go to about 2:42 on the timeline): In this clip, Representative Virginia Foxx (R – North Carolina) is arguing against H.R. 1913, a proposed bill that would expand the legal definition of hate crimes to include crimes based upon someone’s gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity or […]
8Tracks Mix: The Sad Lonely Rusted Thing At The Heart Of America
This is how you deal with smarmy local TV news reporters.
Via BoingBoing. This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day. I love this woman.