Global Spin

So yeah. You like good music, right? And you likes you some sci-fi*, right? If so, I need you to do three things: Watch this. Mostly listen, really, because you’ve seen the visuals before**: Listen to lots more Marian Call music, and contemplate picking some up on iTunes or your favorite music-purchasing outlet. Wonder where [...]

Posted by Chris in Events, Music, Science fiction on April 23rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »

UPDATE: CSS Naked Day is over, so the site is back to its stylish self. If you missed it, the home page looked something like this: Are things lookin’ a little 1994 in here? That’s because it’s CSS Naked Day 2009, a day when people around the world strip their sites bare so you can [...]

Posted by Chris in Blog, Technology on April 9th, 2009 | Comments Off

Upon seeing Project PUMA, the new joint venture from unlikely partners GM and Segway, you might have thought of me. Specifically, you might have wondered, “What would Chris think of this?” And so I’m going to tell you a little story… [strums guitar] What? Okay, maybe not. I thought, “What the hell are they thinking? [...]

Posted by Chris in Technology, You have got to be kidding on April 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania is doing some really interesting research — and they have a really excellent couple of blogs. I highly recommend you subscribe to these feeds. Especially the “Global Warming News and Research.” It will pretty much keep you up to date — and help me resist the temptation to re-post *all* [...]

Posted by Deb in Agriculture, Environment, Food, Organics on April 4th, 2009 | Comments Off

Whoa. I hadn’t heard anything about it until this morning, but apparently Iowa has just legalized gay marriage. The way it was put is particularly rational and unexpectedly full of common sense: “We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any important [...]

Posted by Chris in Law on April 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »