Thank you Christopher Hitchens for challenging us. By challenging the mind we can only grow. 13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011
16 Dec 2011
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Yearly Archives: 2011
30 Nov 2011
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Every Beatles song recorded played at the same time
Here is a simultaneous mix of every Beatles song ever made. The start times are staggered so the whole thing ends at the same time. All Together Now – Everything the Beatles ever did. by ramjac
30 Nov 2011
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The babes are creating our future today
I saw this interesting post on OmLinks about the future of natural user interfaces: Tablets have proven to be extremely easy to use and adopt, as demonstrated by the volume of young children who play with them (did you see … Continue reading
30 Nov 2011
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The SOPA scoop
Mike Ludwig over at Truthout has written a good piece giving us a good overview of the so-called Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act. Emphases mine: A movement to stop the bills has gone viral … Continue reading
9 Nov 2011
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Happy Birthday Doctor Sagan
[T]he use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy. Knowing a great deal is not the same … Continue reading
25 Oct 2011
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Revolution
17 Oct 2011
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It’s demand!
Using Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers, Reagan advisor Bruce Bartlett shows that government regulation has accounted for less than 2% of layoffs where lack of demand accounts for 30% which blows away the myths being spread by @Eric Cantor and the … Continue reading
5 Oct 2011
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Future generations will look at our age as pivotal in human history and Steve Jobs’ name will be remembered for centuries as one of the great minds who made it possible.
26 Sep 2011
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The youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th Century
In a South Carolina prison sixty-six years ago, guards walked a 14-year-old boy, bible tucked under his arm, to the electric chair. At 5′ 1″ and 95 pounds, the straps didn’t fit, and an electrode was too big for his … Continue reading
20 Sep 2011
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The end of an era
Today the United States military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is officially over. It is the end of a long era. There will still be challenges and there is still a lot of work to be done, but decades of … Continue reading
