99 Trial Balloons – Bush's Fast-Vanishing Proposals. Plastic::Politics::Disaster: Seems like a lot of Bush's Great Ideas are vanishing into thin air. Is the administration really trying, or just sorta spitballin' here? [Plastic: Most Recent] we knew they wouldn't do anything worthwhile. or at least, i figured they wouldn't. not that their proposals were worth anythingl

Serving readers since 1999. I've been nominated for a Jeffie as “Best Old Time Blogger.” I nominate Bernie DeKoven as Best Fun Blogger. Currently on Deep Fun: Bonsai Potato. See? Not speaking of which, The Bernie Award is now the Major Fun Award. Which is appropriate, cuz Bernie not only has fun, but also shares […]

“IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN this Supervillain / Linux parody of those Apple 'switch' ads, well, watch it. It's funny.” [The Shifted Librarian via  Jack Burton, via InstaPundit] [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]] this is pretty funny

The best cookbook ever. While I'm talking about cooking, I have to recommend my favorite cookbook of all-time: The Vegetarian Bistro: 250 Authentic French Regional Recipes by Marlena Spieler. I use this wonderful cookbook all the time. It's filled with really good stuff: a roasted portobello mushroom recipe that takes less than five minutes of […]

Presentation Persisting and Surviving the Journal Review Process [PhDweblogs] [Mathemagenic] this is worthwhile

Woz gives Mitnick 1GHz PowerBook [The Macintosh News Network] well at least he has a proper tool…

Cloned Cat. Cloned Cat Doesn't look and behave like the original cat.Public perception of cloning is clone=original, but we have the proof it isn't always true. Isn't that the proof complex systems doesn't always work like we want, so it'd better to slow down the marketing of genetic engineered food ? [MetaFilter] so did someone […]

Paradigm. Andreas Klostermaier suggests that Tinderbox leads a paradigm shift in computing. [Mark Bernstein] in a few weeks i may be a believer..

Actual terror found. I just read there's a war going on in Cote d'Ivoire. Twenty-five hundred French troops on the ground (does anybody call it an invasion?) while peace talkers convene in Paris. [The Doc Searls Weblog] 2500 does not an invasion make. there is historical precident here too..

Some things I have learned about cooking over the years. The secret to cooking really good food lies in the quality of your ingredients. I've heard this many times, but I have finally come to believe its absolute truth with my purchase of good quality balsamic vinager ($8 bottle from Buon Italia at the Chelsea […]