Mark Tapscott, noting that approval levels for Congress have fallen to an all-time low of 14%, muses The opposition to the Bush/Kennedy/McCain immigration reform appears to be hardening, too, as indicated by this UPI/Zogby International survey that finds only three…
Submitted for your enjoyment A Demetri Martin “video” that’s little more than a still shot with a voice-over. Still, it’s pretty good comedy (and it beats taking the airlines): The Robot Chicken Star Wars Special, Part 1:
Real men don’t do laser light Floyd shows. They use a Tesla coil to play the Tetris theme song and the Super Mario Brothers’ “underground theme”:
For instance, this is the single best video of a squirrel slingshot you are likely to see. Ever.
I am fully cognizant of my delinquent blogging — apologies all around. I’ve been in full recovery mode since taking the redeye from SFO to PHL on Friday night. Short observations on that flight? Sucked like a brand-new Dyson 07…
It’s generally poor form to revel in others’ distress (see: Hilton, Paris vis returns to jail), but I must admit to a small amount of glee upon hearing the news that O.J. Simpson’s company is declaring bankruptcy and may have…
I’ve been very busy here at WWDC these past two days and thus haven’t really had time to post much. Classes have been interesting and mostly useful. I got a chance to go out and see Ocean’s 13 the other…
There are around 5,000 people at WWDC this year. Excluding Apple and Moscone employees, I think I have seen 25-30 women, total. The ratio of males:females is quite literally 100-150:1. It’s odd interacting with the Mac geekery, being the old…
I read with a good deal of sadness that Mr. Wizard died yesterday morning. For all of you youngsters, he was like Beakman or Bill Nye, oldschool-style. His experiments were decidedly a low-fi sort of affair, but they were entertaining…
I arrived a bit late to the Meetup last night due to the walk being quite a bit… longer than I expected. No matter — San Fran was lovely and temperate last night and I definitely got to know the…
