August 2008
20 posts
"I have to say I'm getting more and more jittery... →
Andrew Sullivan reviews the intensely dangerous and precarious circumstances we are in internationally. Sobering read.
"Mayor Calvo came downstairs into a new time in... →
This article is an essential read for every citizen in the United States of America. It was written by Patti Davis, the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Consider this passage:
Imagine being Georgia Porter, one minute cooking dinner, the next handcuffed on the kitchen floor, inches from the bloodied body of a dog who was part of her family. Imagine Cheye Calvo hearing the shots from...
“Good blogs have a voice. Who wrote this? What is their name? What can I figure...”
– Merlin Mann in his article “What Makes for a Good Blog?” An excellent, excellent read.
National Geographic Magazine - Map of the Day →
“Browse through history using our daily maps of historical news events and milestones.”
Here’s the map from 23 April, my brother’s birthday.
Like “this day in history,” but with maps (and diagrams). Also, a trivia question. It’s just awesome.
“The events of the past two years in Alaskan politics read like the last days of...”
– Charles Homans, in “Out of the Wild,” about the likely impending fall of Alaska’s long-standing congresscritters. “Certainly, the current junta seems headed straight for disaster,” he continues.
“George Bush’s record as a student, military man, businessman and leader of...”
– Jack Cafferty: Is McCain another George W. Bush? as linked via Andrew Sullivan.
“Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant and I declare...”
– Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1849) — fuller passage here, and also on a poster shown on flickr.
Bill Moyers interviews Andy Bacevich on "the... →
A great hour-long interview on politics, economics, consumerism, the GWOT (and in Iraq and Afghanistan), international relations — a great and coherent critique of the problems of American power and culture going into the 21st century.
“I love listening to starfucker, which then transistions to umami”
– dAndy, in #++good
The pro-life case against birth control, nursing,... →
Saletan’s “Human Nature” column rocks the house. This mock letter is a departure from the usual columns, in which he typically addresses some scientific, economic, or philosophical question of the moment, such as, “Should apes be treated as humans?” or “Is junk food addictive?”
Why your computer is running slow →
Is the iPhone a Preview of What's to Come in OS X...
In an excellent article called “Welcome to iPhone: Your Crappy Mac of Tomorrow, Today!”, Mike Ash recounts his experiences with an iPod Touch and details the frustrations of the platform from a user perspective. And he worries that OS X and the Mac platform are going to move in a direction that merges them with the iPhone/iPhoneOS — one that will be very detrimental to what the...
“I am herewith announcing a new era on the web, and it shall be known as...”
– Me, in IRC
Glenn Greenwald - "Vital unresolved anthrax... →
What conspiracy, motherfucker? Here’s your loaf of bread, now get back to the circus.
“To the eternal question; what would you do if you won the lottery? …. Of...”
– From Who wants to be a millionaire? — Crooked Timber, in an article that tries to answer that question. Pretty interesting read.
Bob the Angry Flower - "Moist" →
Bob is one weird dude.