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Posted by Chris in Blog on January 30th, 2004 | 3 Comments »

You probably all get the Daily Mislead already, but I just had to point out today’s coverage because the lies are so amazingly blatant:
Bush’s Economic Optimism Belied by Deficits, Unemployed
I can’t say it any better than they do. I also find it astonishing that anyone believes anything this administration says anymore.

Posted by Chris in Politics on January 30th, 2004 | Comments Off

Buying a car soon? You’ll want to read this thoughtfully-written exposÈ of car sales at the Edmunds site.

Posted by Chris in Shopping on January 27th, 2004 | 2 Comments »

There is a low power FM “micro-radio” movement (in case you hadn’t heard) and Radio4All gives you access to the movement, downloadable (free!) audio and some of the stations.
Some of the audio comes from the LA Sound Posse who record and make available such items as Vandana Shiva’s lecture at Scripps College last December [...]

Posted by Deb in Politics on January 27th, 2004 | Comments Off

Seriously, if anyone here has suggestions (like some of these) on how to save the Hubble telescope, please let NASA know. Apparently they’re willing to listen, which is good because it would be stupid to let the Hubble die because of Dubya’s new budgetary plans.

Posted by Deana in Space on January 23rd, 2004 | Comments Off

Remember those 16mm educational films they used to show in class to teach you about periods and things? A site called the Prelinger Archives (thanks, Glen!) links to some you can download and watch with Quicktime or Real. Included in their list of the most downloaded are “Are You Popular?”, “As Boys Grow” (featuring a [...]

Posted by Deana in Fun on January 21st, 2004 | Comments Off

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Posted by Deb in Environment on January 19th, 2004 | Comments Off

I didn’t get a chance to mention it at the time, but SpaceShipOne, the world’s most fantastically beautiful rocketship, had its first supersonic test on December 17th. Note that this is the first privately-built aircraft to break the sound barrier.
The Mojave weblog also has a nice page with photos of the launch, including [...]

Posted by Chris in Space on January 19th, 2004 | Comments Off

I know you thought Jesus was with you always, but apparently he’s no longer sending people inspirational text messages. Damn those Finns!

Posted by Deana in Oddly Enough on January 19th, 2004 | Comments Off

I know it’s just lack of sleep, but everything looks surreal to me today. For instance, this site with Jesus sketches. It almost makes sense, but then… a french horn?
I also find myself wondering if Jesus should be standing farther back from the welder, or if he scrubbed up before going into [...]

Posted by Chris in Oddly Enough on January 15th, 2004 | 4 Comments »