First test of Kepler planet-finding telescope is successful. So very cool.

I will not be at BoN tonight.

Last night's discussion of basketball notwithstanding, I decided to watch the end of tonight's Bulls-Celtics game. More overtime, very tense. Still, the end result was simply a reminder of why watching basketball sucks. Seriously, if a guy shuffles his feet, multiple times, without putting the ball on the ground, it's a travel, every time (and I ( Read more... )

The forced amnesiacs in Dollhouse seem to be assigned military phonetic alphabet codewords as their 'names'.

( Some of these are more amusing than others. )

Half of Americans couldn't cope financially if they didn't get paid for a month.

Damn. Doesn't affect me, I've got that covered for way longer. But still, damn.

Resistors are resistors. They retain their resistance across basically all frequency, current, and temperature ranges, up until the point where the current is too high (at which point the resistance goes to infinity, permanently ( Read more... )

Given how I sometimes despair at the seemingly dismal level of critical thinking abilities of the average person, I found this article interesting, and a bit further depressing ( Read more... )

1) A prime example of why Flash is bad. The actual content is also so absurd it's hard to believe it's not parody/satire. (Yes, it requires Flash. Turn it on briefly, just as a reminder of why you turned it off in the first place. Also, be sure to open it in a new window; it will try to resize your current window. Yes, it is that evil ( Read more... )

Went to the motorcycle show in Houston last weekend. Took some photos. Have a look, or not.

For anyone out there who is of the opinion that voting isn't necessary because a single vote doesn't matter, go take a look at how the Minnesota Senate election recount is shaping up. There are going to be a lot of Minnesotans kicking themselves for staying home Nov 4, one way or the other.