The Washington Monthly has the most recent, best article about Prop 8 I've seen in a while ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday wolfieboy !!
I hope it's been a happy one :)

BoingBoing has a link to the resolution of the post I made the other day about Linux groups that hand out 'illegal' free Linux disks to kids and the teachers that scorn them for leading their charges astrayLong Story Short ( Read more... )

Ganked from supergee:
Oh noes!!!!!"Pirated" Linux CDs in our schools!!!11!! .
Won't somebody think of Microsoft The Children!!

People wonder why it's so hard to get smart enthusiastic kids interested in science and engineering in school. Maybe it's because dolts like this make sure they *BEAT IT OUT OF THEM* before it's too late!

Yanked from thepouncer who got it from somebody else ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday thepouncer!!!
May you bounce and pounce for many more years :)

Sarah Palin proves today that we can no longer call her culturally ignorant. It's pretty obvious now that she's at least read 'Animal Farm'....

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This is full of awesome...

I've been meaning to post this for a few days now but keep forgetting.

This Saturday 10/4/08 is SuperHappyDevHouse.
SHDH27 is going to be here in SF @ the Google Campus downtown(near Embarcadero BART) and not in the South Bay and runs from 2PM until 11PM.
feorlen and I will be there, projects-in-tow, you should be too. As I've told people before, It' ( Read more... )

This article about Aerosteon riocoloradensis is really cool.
Not only was a new theropod discovered down in Argentina, but the fossil remains show evidence of a bird-like respiratory system which has not been seen in other theropods up to this point. Even if you're not all that hot up on dinosaurs like I am, it's still worth a read for the ( Read more... )