The recent excellent PBS series on how badly the various colonists and governments in the landmass now known as the United States of America screwed over the indigenous populations (i.e. the Indians) has come and went but if you missed it, like me, you can catch all 5 parts of “We Shall Remain” online at […]
This is why I love io9 – because without it I would have never known about the real-life superhero team called Allegiance of Heroes led by Shadowhare. This is for real people. Seriously. Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Shadowhare is using a site called the World Superhero Registry to meet up with other […]
I have been addicted to Rick Ross’s “Lay Back” for over a week now – I just cannot stop listening to it – and I’ve posted it for you here to listen to yourself – you tell me I’m out there or if its a bangin’ track:: Best line by far: “Number 1 at whatever, […]
Reports are coming in that Alren Specter, the only liberal Republican remaining in the Senate, is going to change his party affiliation to Democrat. That would give the Democrats 60 votes in the Senate (with Franken finally being seated) – enough to pass whatever they want. Whoa.
Answer: This highly successful television quiz show is the latest challenge for artificial intelligence. Question: What is “Jeopardy”? Not content with simply winning at chess, IBM has decided to build a machine that can win at “Jeopardy.” One point that has been decided is that the box will not be hooked up to the net […]
Twitter is just in the news more and more these days. First Lance Armstrong used it to get his stolen bike back. Then we have the rumor that Google is going to buy it. Now, we have the news that some excellent geeks at Poke have hacked together / masterfully crafted something they are calling […]
I read today on the NYT’s City Room blog about how Matt Muro has been riding the subway on crutches for the past few months and how he has been surreptitiously snapping pictures of those who wouldn’t give up from the seat marked “Priority Seating for People with Disabilities” for him. This post is just […]
I’ve always loved board games. I have been playing them for as long as I remember. From games of Chutes and Ladders to Candy Land to Monopoly to Clue to Stratego to Scrabble to RISK (my maybe current favorite) I have loved to just sit in a basement somewhere with friends or family and watch […]
Oh man – this just frakking cracks me up. Just watch and enjoy: Via Neu
While I haven’t posted in a little while (I’ve been so busy at work that at night I’ve just wanted to chill combined with the fact that I am still trying to figure out what to say about the Hampton Phish show on 3/6 and how to say it), I could not resist honoring today’s […]