Video o’ the day
Featuring some of the worst lip syncing and most embarrassing dance moves ever seen, even in a 60s music video: Still, I must confess I’ve always liked the song. Hat tip to the lovely and erudite Ann Althouse. ..bruce w..
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iPhone 2.0 – Or The Importance Of Load Testing
In case you did not happen to be within 3 miles of an Apple fan today, Friday July 11th was THE day, the holy day when Jobs the Magnificent would allow the faithful to purchase some really nice hardware, namely the second generation / 3G iPhone. But, boys and girls, this is instead a lesson […]
How many times have you read this?
Just fill in the blanks: An ineffectual international organisation yesterday issued a stark warning about a situation it has absolutely no power to change, the latest in a series of self-serving interventions by toothless intergovernmental bodies. “We are seriously concerned about this most serious outbreak of seriousness,” said the head of the institution, either a […]
Sunspot Update – Our Quiet Sun
Our sun, the largest single input of energy to our world, continues its quiet period. For the past 16 days there has not been any sunspots on the face of our local star. If you discount the small spots visible only because of our modern powerful tools, the blank period is much longer than that. […]
Iran Again Tests Their Shahab-3 Missile
World media outlets on the web, print and broadcast are all discussing the war games in Iran during the US night time today. The headline event of these exercises by the Revolutionary Guard was the test launch of an Iranian medium range missile, the Shahab 3. Excellent diagram courtesy of GlobalSecurity.org The Shahab 3 has […]
Hot Air About An Ice Free North Pole
This spring has seen an unusual spike in the ambient nonsense about global warming, particularly with regards to the breathless prediction by some so called scientist that an area called the Northwest Passage may be ice free by September. From the UK’s Independent: It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice […]
Godspeed, Jon, and come home soon
Our son Jon left Camp Pendleton on July 3rd to start his long journey to Iraq. He went up to March AFB; from there, he flew to Maine, then to Germany, and then to Kuwait, where it was probably still July 4th when he arrived. I thought of him while sitting with Sandra on our […]
“WALL-E”: a brief review (w/spoilers)
You could probably devise an interesting psychological profiling test around a person’s favorite Pixar film; mine happens to be “The Incredibles”, so make of that what you will. What is telling is that Pixar has yet to make either a bad or an unsuccessful movie, a pretty stunning achievement given the river of diluted sludge […]
Video o’ the day
More brilliance from the Onion: Entertainment Scientists Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013 “Humanity will be reduced to roving bands of barbarians….” Heh. ..bruce w..
The Heller decision and its aftermath
Frank J. and Harvey (at IMAO) have all the breaking news. First the Supreme Court decision itself: JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court. We consider whether a District of Columbia prohibition on the possession of usable handguns in the home violates the Second Amendment to the Constitution. We turn first to the meaning […]
