Hey kids, I’m not sure I’m up to this idea of embracing the red states. I’m usually all for that kind of thing, but it gets difficult when they don’t want to be friendly. (Josh Marshall “explains my reluctance more eloquently”:http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_11_07.php#003956A than I could.) A case in point is this recent “explosion of fascist vitriol”:http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=5652 [...]
Posted by Chris in Politics on November 10th, 2004 | 1 Comment »
It seems that Leonardo Da Vinci hasn’t ceased to astound. This month’s Wired has an article about a three-wheeled cart designed by Leonardo that may actually be a “physically programmable robot”:http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/davinci.html. As Keanu would say, “_Whoa._”
Posted by Chris in Technology on November 9th, 2004 | 1 Comment »
OK, OK, I’ll write something about the election. I was just giving it a chance to… cool off or something. The bad news: four more years of Bush. No link for that, because everyone knows it already. The good news: four more years of “Fafblog”:http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2004_10_31_fafblog_archive.html#109977682378623607, and that almost makes it worthwhile. OK, it doesn’t, but [...]
Posted by Chris in Politics on November 8th, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Alright, people, are any of y’all going to post with something helpful? I am feeling totally depressed. I’m trying not to. I console myself with “we lived through Reagan and the first Bush, we can live through this.” But I alternate with, “so how do you know when the water is starting to boil and [...]
Posted by Deb in Politics on November 3rd, 2004 | 4 Comments »
From a post on “Slashdot”:http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=128064&cid=10700179 today: _*Your friends are watching you*_ _All around the world, we’re watching you today. We love America, we want you to lead and inspire and show us what democracy and freedom and technology can do. But right now we’re feeling scared, confused, and angry about what your President has lead [...]
Posted by Chris in Politics on November 2nd, 2004 | 1 Comment »
