Looks like the push to replace the Space Shuttle has revived, after Bush pretty much killed the effort (not the Shuttle) with his “let’s go to Mars” speech. The Washingon Times reports that NASA is planning to retire the shuttle fleet by 2010 and will need a new vehicle to send astronauts and supplies up […]
I’m going to assume that its purely coincidence that the day my sister starts her new job, this is the Dilbert strip for today. Good luck, Patty!
Great news: The DC Circuit of the US Court of Appeals ruled that the FCC can not enforce the "Broadcast Flag" that movie and television cartels want to put into future TV hardware. Basically, this little flag would tell your TiVo/Replay/VCR if it could or could not record the latest episode of American Idol or
Orson Scott Card, who wrote one of my all-time favorite books Ender’s Game, decided to post his thoughts on Star Trek in the L.A. Times (login may be required, that’s why there’s bugmenot). I’m not sure why he’s so negative on Star Trek, but he really didn’t like the series. The original “Star Trek,”
Thanks to Sandy for pointing out that the save my info checkbox for comments wasn’t working. I’ve fixed that and also have relaxed my tag stripping in comments. Bold, Italic, Paragraph, and A (link) tags will now render.
The question "are we in a bubble" has been an unsettling gremlin that’s been following Staci and I around during the last 3 months while we house hunted (notice past tense there!). Both Cafe Hayek and Tyler Cowen tries to explain what other market forces may be at work besides a bubble. Housing can be
We call It Soccer has a concise review of Franklin Foer’s book How Soccer Explains the World. They find the main thesis of the book weak and unconvincing but it might be worth picking up by serious soccer fans for the "cool anectdotes about players and fans and clubs" from all over. They’re also spot
Super conservative and former Hitler Youth, Joseph Ratzinger has been elected pope by the college of Cardinal. Has the Church missed an opportunity for some much needed change? Only time will tell. Although there is no suggestion that he was involved in any atrocities, his service may be contrasted by opponents with the attitude of
On the day he’s announced as new pope, there is already an extensive Wikipedia entry for Benedict XVI. How can Encyclopedia Britannica, and its ilk, compete with that? Things I learned about our new pope: At 78, he’s the oldest pope elected in over 380 years. He participated in the SEcond VAtican Council, which oversee
Our local Fox affiliate aired a non-news consumer report story tonight that was simply ridiculous. Get this, Paer Shredders are DANGEROUS, epecially to your kids (and pets too)! Especially the cross cutting kind. Apparently, the shredder is simply waiting to lure your offspring and chop off their fingers. What evil little, umm…inamimate objects? Isn’t a