Link o’ the day
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager! Hat tip to Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online. ..bruce..
Archive for July, 2006
Update on the “Big Crumble”
UPDATE (07/18/06): It’s unclear from this new article what the relationship is between the 1,100 questionable “hangers” and the 1,400+ “bad bolts” mentioned below — but in either case, one gets the sense that the “Big Crumble” was literally an accident waiting to happen, and tragically the first such accident was fatal. Hat tip again […]
“Only a nation that can protect its freedom deserves it.”
Thomas Jefferson? Teddy Roosevelt? FDR? JFK? Ronald Reagan? George W. Bush? The answer is here. ..bruce..
9/11: Forensic modeling of Flight 77 (Pentagon Impact)
This animated recreation (via physics modeling) of Flight 77 striking the Pentagon on 9/11 predicts specific incidents (such as downed light poles in specific orientations and a clipped generator) that are then verified with actual post-crash photographs. Fascinating to watch. But, of course, it was really a missile that managed to knock down five (5) […]
Review: The Novels of Patrick O’Brian
I sit to write this, having just moments ago finished Blue at the Mizzen, the 20th and final volume in Patrick O’Brian’s “Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin” series. This is my second time through all 20 novels — I enjoyed it even more than the first time. I am once again grateful that Patrick O’Brian lived long […]
I guess it depends upon your definition of “happy”
A “study” by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) has concluded that Columbia is one of the top five happiest places to live in the entire world: LONDON (AFP) – The tiny South Pacific Ocean archipelago of Vanuatu is the happiest country on Earth, according to a study published measuring people’s wellbeing and their impact on […]
Video o’ the day
A group of techies who work at a campus credit union make a farewell video for a retiring boss to show him what really goes on when he’s not there. Hat tip to Ars Technica. ..bruce..
The HD-DVD / Blu-Ray debacle — and an alternative solution
UPDATE (08/11/06): Slashdot has a story about how the first Blu-Ray drives won’t play Blu-Ray movies. Sheesh. The companies really don’t want to succeed, do they? (And welcome, Slashdotters! Feel free to look around a bit.) Jay Wrolstad at Personal Tech has a story that says that there will be no clear winner in HD-DVD […]
Why no posts on the current Israeli war?
While I certainly have my opinions on the subject, I don’t have any particular expertise (beyond my personal readings in military history). In short, I’m not sure my opinions would shed better light or insight than those already to be found elsewhere on the ‘net. Here are some places I’d recommend: Counterterrorism Blog PajamasMedia TempletonThorp […]
New item for my Christmas List
An automated defender that shoots foam disks. I can put it right next to my shrieking animated chimp head. No, seriously, I really do have the shrieking animated chimp head. Hat tip to Gizmodo. ..bruce..
