Here’s another strange blog artefact. I’ve mentioned before how “odd searches bring people to this site”:http://www.globalspin.com/mt/archives/000496.html. One of the popular search terms has been *tiananmen*, which leads searchers to a “brief note commemorating the 1989 massacre”:http://www.globalspin.com/mt/archives/000327.html. It consistently gets 300 or so hits per month, while other top search terms average [...]
Posted by Chris in Blog on January 31st, 2006 | 2 Comments »
A group of Georgetown law students responded to a shill session by Alberto Gonzales in the best way possible: “they turned their backs on him”:http://insomnia.livejournal.com/652389.html. The protest is being downplayed by some media outlets, but it warranted a mention in the “Washington Post”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/24/AR2006012401593.html:
bq. Gonzales’s appearance, which was part of a three-day White House campaign to [...]
Posted by Chris in Law on January 25th, 2006 | No Comments »
(Author’s note: Chris Messina implored us to blog about Mash Pit. I didn’t want to just parrot other excellent posts, so here’s my demented version of the event.)
Four thirty. A.M., as in oh-dark-thirty. Ben and Karen will be asleep for another three hours. Uh huh. Why am I up this [...]
Posted by Chris in Making Stuff, Technology, Travel, Web 2.0 on January 25th, 2006 | No Comments »
Not really, but my entry in the “Mashup Camp logo contest”:http://www.mashupcamp.com/index.cgi?PreviousLogoIdeas was chosen to be the official logo. Yay! (Not bad for half an hour’s work on the bus.)
Posted by Chris in Fun on January 23rd, 2006 | 4 Comments »
The galaxy is a more exciting place than you might think. From Space.com:
bq. A new “X-ray movie of the Milky Way Galaxy”:http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060119/sc_space/exclusivenewxraymovieshows10yearsofmilkywayactivity shows stars erupting and black holes pulsating over a full decade of time.
It’s strangely compelling, like signal lights from a distant shore… [Thanks to Bryan for the link.]
Posted by Chris in Space on January 20th, 2006 | No Comments »
There’s been lots and lots of chatter lately about the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, but it wasn’t until this morning that I read Senator Kennedy’s excellent summary of “why Alito is so wrong for the job”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011902515.html. I specifically appreciate his comparison of Alito’s recent testimony against years of writings and [...]
Posted by Chris in Government on January 20th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The NASA “New Horizons”:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html probe launched successfully today on it’s way to Pluto. (It’s the first probe to visit our distant icy cousin.) My favorite part is that even though it’ll take 10 years to get to Pluto, the probe is flying so fast it’ll zip past Jupiter in only a year.
Posted by Chris in Space on January 19th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Here is a link to the Sonoma Medicine website with an article penned by my uncle about his experience fighting mesothelioma on the medical, legal, social, and political fronts. It is a worthy read.
I’ve also put the entire article below in case the link changes.
Posted by Deb in Medicine on January 15th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
NEWSFLASH:
BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY FLOOD
Crawford, Texas– A tragic flood this morning destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush. The flood began in the presidential bathroom where the books were kept. Both of his books have been lost.
A presidential spokesman said the president was devastated, as he had almost finished coloring the second [...]
Posted by Chris in Politics on January 13th, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Celebrating three years of burnination.
Posted by Deana in Holiday! Celebrate! on January 13th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
