This morning I awake to learn that Julia Child was not only a legendary cook, but also a spy with the OSS. Awesome! I also learned that there’s a hoaxer living in Georgia who claims to have found Bigfoot’s corpse. Stupid!
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
I had the privilege of seeing an advance version of Star Wars: The Clone Wars tonight. I have to say that despite my low expectations, I was disappointed. First off, there was the not-so-subtle relationship between Anakin and Obi Wan. We all know that George Lucas loves to retcon, but having them become gay lovers …
Perceived Energy
Here’s a graph of my work day. This isn’t based on extended data, merely my perception of things. You’ll notice that energy and caffeine follow each other closely. I’m not sure that’s causal. I’d have to experiment to find out. It might be a function of time, rather than mg of stimulant in my bloodstream. …
Google Streetview Captures Drunk
Thanks to Steph for pointing this out Google Streetview has captured a moment of drunken unconsciousness in Australia. My thoughts on this are: Public photography is legal (in the US) except for some very specific cases. If you’re drunk in a public space, or doing anything else, you’re available for photographic recording. If I, or …
Tasmnian Badger
John Scalzi has a call to arms for all creative writing folk. Go read.
Flat Earth
The Bad Astronomer posted about this BBC article, but I just need to chime in. According to the BBC, the idea that the Earth is flat, and not an oblate spheroid, is still alive and well amongst people who are obviously unsuitable for being around my children. Two of the interviewees said: Mr Davis now …
Swimming World Records
Here’s an interesting perspective on the breaking of World Records in swimming, on SI.com. Tim Layden is saying that this is just not exciting, even though it should be. Swimming records have been falling like leaves for the last decade, with the improvements in suit technology and the changes to competition pools. He has a …
Russia + Georgia = ?
I’ve been paying attention to the Russia/Georgia/South Ossetia war that’s going on and I’m trying to figure out (from my Oh So Worldly knowledge) what Russia’s angle is here. Obviously you don’t go committing a division of troops without a good reason. I don’t know enough about the Republic of Georgia to understand what it …
Photography, Ho!
My friend Chris blogged about Vincent Laforet, a man who is even now photographing the Olympics. All I have to say is, “I want this work table.”
Twitter is Dead to Me
To anyone who reads my blog and also has come to expect me to follow them on twitter: [bzzzzt!] Twitter is dead to me. The only way I can access it during the day is via IM, and the only way I’m willing to do that is via Google Talk. As twitter is not porting …