October 12, 2010
Paula has just been named a Hurricane. This is a storm that formed in the northwestern Caribbean, just east of the Yucatan. Although the storm has the potential to become quite strong from very warm surface waters, shearing winds are likely to keep Paula from becoming well organized. Forcasts as…
October 11, 2010
He's baaack...
Dan Griffith has tried this before and he's trying it again:
Dan Griffith is running for the Minnesota Court of Appeals seat currently held by Judge Terri J. Stoneburner, and because positions and party affiliations are not part of the campaign process for judicial candidates, most…
October 11, 2010
Information about last week's convention is here.
This is alleged to be a picture of Mabus making what looks like an "I'm shooting you with a pistol" gesture:
And this is the note he posted on my blog in which he mentiones the whole bullet in the head thing:
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION!
a bullet for…
October 11, 2010
This is astonishing.
...Scientists and conservationists are expressing alarm at the appearance of thousands of walrus on Alaska's northwest coast, a dramatic demonstration of the effects of diminished Arctic sea ice brought on by global warming....
source
October 10, 2010
And thus, Belushi's 1st audition:
October 10, 2010
The party of stupid, a.k.a. Teabaggers a.k.a. Republicans a.k.a. The Million Moran March has been attracting significant international attention, which is normal because people like to laugh at American stupidities (and this is just). But I thought you'd like to see this snippet from today's BBC:…
October 10, 2010
And oldie but a goodie:
October 10, 2010
This is from a year ago or so:
October 9, 2010
This was not a lion attack. It was a lion, playing:
THIS is a lion attack:
And finally, this classic video just for fun:
October 9, 2010
Not that you would ever muck them up, but just in case:
Get a terminal somehow (alt+F2 if you must). Type this in:
gconftool-2 --shutdown
or
gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel
(or, both if you like)
Then,
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
pkill gnome-panel
that sounds like a lot of violence and…
October 9, 2010
I just found out that the gummit says I caint supposed to burn trash in my own damn yard. An, I just larnt my tax dollars pay for socializt gummit things like the fur department and po-lees. This has gotta stop now, elsewize we may have a need to x-plore second amendment remiteez!
Because this is…
October 9, 2010
It is said that these were the words uttered by William Orton, President of Western Union, when given the chance to buy out a 10% share of Alexander Graham Bell's patents for $100,000. Those patents included those related to the telephone.
A few weeks later, on this day in 1876, Alexander Graham…
October 8, 2010
The Atlantic's Josh Green reports that millionaire businessman Rich Iott, the Republican nominee challenging Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D) in Ohio's Ninth District, has an unusual hobby: He likes to pretend he's a Nazi.
Iott, a tea party-backed candidate, spent time fighting another battle before he hit…
October 8, 2010
Thank you Al.
October 8, 2010
Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral is a book about the origins of modern science, the interplay between theory and empiricism, the machinations of the Victorian scientific gentry, epic rivalries, polyps and plankton.
Reef Madness is by David Dobbs, of Neuron…
October 8, 2010
Computer-based calendars are very useful, and the Google Calendar is probably one of the more widely used personal calendars other than scheduling programs such as MS Outlook and Groupwise (both of which are broken). But, webby gooey applications can be rather bothersome because they tend to take…
October 8, 2010
Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights" - a prize likely to enrage the Chinese government, which had warned the Nobel committee not to honor him.
Thorbjoern Jagland, the Norwegian Nobel…
October 7, 2010
Desiree will interview Bora Zivkovic, Blog and Community Editor at Scientific American!!!!
Details here
October 7, 2010
When I was a little kid, my cousin, who was an actual Catholic Arch Bishop (Archbishop of Anchorage) came over to the house one day, and I saw family elders approach him, one by one, genuflect and kiss his ring. Then one or two of my relatives brought him sacred objects for him to bless. One of…
October 7, 2010
Huh.
(Click the "huh")
I suppose if you understand the social networking thingie that i Reddit, you can engage in this conversation. Right now, Behe Jr's brief comment is on the front page, and has been viewed by nearly 100,000 readers.
October 7, 2010
Click here to help Harry Reid kick her butt.
October 7, 2010
... of English:
The nomenclature for the US accents is wildly incorrect, but these are good renditions of something.
October 7, 2010
The Anglo Boer War (in what is now South Africa from October 11th, 1899 to May 31st, 1902) was a turning point in European style military history. In previous centuries, infantry would operate in large blocks that would move forward, turn and open or close ranks, and winning an infantry engagement…
October 7, 2010
The command line is a great place to get weather information. Here, I discuss one cli-app for current conditions and forecasts, in the larger context of why you would ever want to use the command line anyway.
There are several ways to use your computer to check the weather. One is to use the…
October 7, 2010
Best line: "What's the difference between astronomy and astrology?" ... "About 50 IQ points..."
