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First Russia, Then ...
So, looks like Russia isn't doing too well on that whole "Ready to host a major sports event" thing.
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So, snow?
Given that the Midwest is currently being besieged by blizzard weather, I really shouldn't be complaining, but if you see any snow, could you send it this way?
From here, the California Snowpack report:
Number of Stations Reporting 106
Average snow water equivalent 1.9"
Percent of April 1 Average 7%
Percent of normal for this date 13%
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On Rodman
Realization: Dennis Rodman is representative of everything that’s wrong with American diplomacy.
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Amazon Loves Us Too
There are some good things about Amazon. One of them is the reviews. Especially the reviews that are clearly there for comedic effect. Over the years Amazon has created quite a list of things they offer for sale that have been reviewed by far more people than have probably actually bought the product, which is why you get ridiculous products with ( Read more... ) -
A Farewell
Many people have toppled old nations. Many people have raised new ones. But few have done both without leaving a great trail of blood behind them. No eulogy is sufficient, but we say goodbye to Nelson Mandela knowing that he was one of the few people about whom we can safely say that he left the world a much better place than he found it, and ( Read more... ) -
Thanks Amazon
Also, in things that make me grumpy, here I am being grumpy.
Surfing over to Amazon today, one can't help but notice that they have a number of Black Friday specials. And, because Amazon knows how to create a browsable web site, they've split those deals up by category. Some of which, honestly, I'm not too fond of:
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Safe at Home?
Hopefully (although statistically unlikely) none of you have or know anyone who was forced to get up early this morning and brave the madness for reasons of employment. If you do know someone you have my apologies ( Read more... ) -
Bye bye Nullsoft
For those of you not paying attention to tech news this week, fabled internet and computer software veteran Winamp if finally bowing out of the stage. Once the MP3 and desktop music player of choice, Winamp aged over the years, overtaken by competition and destroyed by management (as described in this Ars Technica piece), what was once the world's ( Read more... ) -
Wodehouse
Over at the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has definite opinions on the new Jeeves and Wooster book. She also has interesting opinions on fanfiction, which she is quite willing to recommend over the novel.
Fanfiction is motivated by the sense that there is something missing. Generally, what is missing is that not enough of the characters are ( Read more... )