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If every time you see Tom DeFalco's name somewhere, it throws you that he's not referred to as “ ‘Two-Fisted’ Tom DeFalco” (which I ...

For some reason, this turn of phrase gave me a chuckle. Occurring only 630 million years after the Big Bang, GRB 090423 detonated so early...

Via Infinite Perplexity, I learn that Andrew Levison at The Democratic Strategist reflects on the ordinary citizens who attended “tea party...

Via Warren Ellis, I see that Variety reports: Universal Pictures will remake the 1983 David Cronenberg-directed thriller Videodrome W...

Jim MacDonald at Making Light has smart things to say about the flu. What with headlines reading “ U.S. prepares for possible swine flu ep...

Charles P. Pierce via Making Light: I have now lived through three major episodes in my life where the political elite have told me qu...

Yesterday Tim O'Reilly, the very smart tech book publisher, tweeted Andy Kessler's Weekly Standard article Putting the Toothpas...

J G Ballard 1930-2009 Writer I find myself having a hard time describing his work, or how the loss of him makes me feel. Which I suppose...

If you recall my earlier post about Paul Potts, I have a sort of a sequel in the form of Susan Boyle. Not Puccini, but still worth seeing...

Hugh “Wolverine” Jackman has found a way to use Twitter and his celebrity for charity. I will donate 100K to one individual's fav...

Via Aza Raskin, I find ToneMatrix, a be-your-own-Brian-Eno music tool. Why didn't I think of this?

Kacie Kinzer has performed a fascinating experiment with robots which depend on the kindness of strangers. Tweenbots are human-depend...

Julian Sanchez has been thinking about why discussions of climate change rely so heavily on “countless experts agree” type arguments, and...

A New York Times editorial by Stephen D. Crocker marks the recent 40 th anniversary of the first RFC. ... fearful of sounding presumptuo...

James Wimberley at The Reality-Based Community offers yet more reasons why the new White House garden is awesome. Washington, Adams, and J...

After an idea by Aza Raskin. If you like it, check out one of my favourte infographics ever, on a similar subject.

Originally uploaded by halobrien If you liked the old songs in bullet points meme, you'll love this one. (And if you need help wit...

I've been thinking a lot lately about the challenges of adapting stories from other media to film. What, really, is the point of doing a...

Kevin Drum: What happened at AIGFP is standard practice throughout corporate America. America's corporate titans like to talk endles...

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Henry “ The Nightmare Before Christmas ” Selick’s stop-motion-animated film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s children’s book Coraline opens t...

As on Election Day, Bush Street in San Francisco was transformed into Obama Street. obama & fillmore, san francisco Originally uploa...

I saw this today while running out for lunch downtown. It looks like nobody was hurt, but still ... important safety tip: do not cut in ...

I respect people who love Charlie Brown, the muppets, and even those goofy Rankin-Bass cartoons, but my all-time favourite is undoubtedly Th...

Take a moment and reflect on the url english.pravda.ru : what should be there? what do you expect to find there? Then go see. It's pe...

Bettie Page Pin-up model 1923-2008 You may not recognize her name, but you surely recognize her. The only woman's image whom you cou...