"Earlier this year, predictions were rife that the North Pole could melt entirely in 2008. Instead, the Arctic ice saw a substantial recovery. Bill Chapman, a researcher with the UIUC's Arctic Center, tells DailyTech this was due in part to colder temperatures in the region ( Read more... )

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First holiday thing with the family was last night for us. My aunt & uncle and their 2 kids (13 and 10, I think) and my parents came to our house for a Polish chowdown. Pierogi (meat, cheese, or potato), fresh kielbasa, city chicken (from my aunt) made for a filling and gut-wrenching meal. Man did it taste good though - the house still has a bit ( Read more... )

This almost amounts to a commercial, but I have to say this is super cool, and to demo something that keeps a saw from taking your finger off is pretty gutsy.

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So who was in charge last time unemployment was this high in the US?

I'll give you a hint, it was 16 years ago, and it rhymes with "George Bush."

Spotted at the plant in Louisiana I was visiting today:


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Targeted ad weirdness du jour:


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Violent J, King Juggalo of ICP, says:

"If you work lifting furniture up and down, you probably have a bad back. If you work using your brain all the time putting your brain through those ups and downs, you end up with a bad brain. But I'm fucking proud of it, man!"

Uh oh.

A fine Stewartian analysis of McCain's new new new message.