James Lileks — Man of Many Talents (and Interests) — collects (among many, many other things) old motel postcards. As with all this other stuff, he scans them in and posts them on the web, with his observations. I made the mistake this morning of visiting that site and have been pretty much entrapped there […]
I think studying earth’s climate is a worthy endeavor if it is done using scientific methods and an open mind. But sadly the fashion these days involves directing effort to “save the planet” (like we could ever destroy something as big as a planet) which is sucking up millions of hours of research time and […]
Last night marked the blessed end to what has been a grating an annoying primary season for the US Presidential election. What was amusing to me was how little the cable news rooms were actually covering the two states having primaries, and how much of the coverage was focused on starting to handicap the “Obama […]
[06/06/08: From the Politico, here’s a round-up to the near-universal dismay over John McCain’s oratory skills.] [Hey, Ace, thanks for the link!] I’m listening to John McCain’s speech (live) down in Louisiana as I type this. My prediction: the Republicans are going to get beat like a red-headed stepchild this fall. Sigh. There’s been a […]
A great breakthrough in fast food convenience! New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less From The Onion, of course. ..bruce w..
In March of 1989, a pair of chemists showed a device that they claimed was able to fuse hydrogen into helium at room temperature using what appeared to be chemical processes. At first this rocked the world of high energy physics, who have been chasing the dream of producing controlled fusion for decades. Workable fusion […]
An elephant hunter usually gets killed by an elephant. — Swahili proverb From Contemplate, one of my daily blogs (this link gives you a random proverb each time you read it). ..bruce w..
Gerard Van der Lune — one of the best writers in the Blogosphere — does a Saturday stroll through Seattle’s University District: Saturday was an especially good day for seeing the University District as it really is. It was Street-Fair Saturday and, as I remarked to my friend after strolling a couple of blocks, the […]
One of the books I’m currently writing is Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering, a greatly expanded and updated version of a book I published back in the 1990s. I’ve been posted new and revised pitfalls over at my Bruce F. Webster & Associates (bfwa.com) website. To make the pitfalls a bit easier to browse, I’ve […]
Liveblogging the DNC Rules & Bylaws Cmte meeting
[break for lunch — them, not me — will reconvene at 4:15 EDT, 2:15 MDT] Wow. This has been great fun, and the discussion and debate for the most part has been pointed, intelligent, and sharp (with exception to the occasional lame references to the Florida 2000 election). I’m going to be gone for a […]
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