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Say it with Me…

Published on 2007-02-26 00:14:26

…”Al Gore’s Academy Award Winning Film.” Man that’s strange. Never in my life did I think I’d ever see those words together. Just wait a few months and maybe we’ll be uttering “Nobel Peace Prize Winner > read more

Knights of Cydonia

Published on 2007-02-24 18:19:52

I know this video has been out for 6 months or so but, since MTV doesn’t actually play music videos these days, I just saw it for the first time today and it kicks ass. The amount of movie and television references that are in the video are ama > read more

Eye of God

Published on 2007-02-23 21:32:38

Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is that of the Helix Nebula, which is 700 light years away in the Aquarius constellation. It appears red in this photo because of dust. Looks eerie to me. > read more

Darth Stewart

Published on 2007-02-22 11:52:33

Speaking of Cheney, here’s a nice, little clip, from a few weeks back, of Jon Stewart channeling Darth Vader in an attempt to get through to the Vice President. > read more

The Devil Went Down to Australia

Published on 2007-02-22 11:06:21

Clashes have broken out on the streets of Sydney between police and anti-war campaigners protesting against the visit of US Vice-President Dick Cheney. It’s nice to see that Americans aren’t the only ones who disapprove of the Puppet-mast > read more

Vaccinating Against Wal-Mart

Published on 2007-02-22 10:26:07

A visit to India by Wal-Mart executives has sparked protests by small shopkeepers worried about its plans for a tie-up with Bharti Enterprises. “Good for the Indians”, I say. I’d like to be able to go somewhere on this planet withou > read more

Egyptian Blogger Jailed

Published on 2007-02-22 10:11:51

An Egyptian court has sentenced a blogger to four years’ prison for insulting Islam and the president. Truly sad. If this doesn’t make people appreciate the freedoms that we enjoy in this country, then nothing will. Could you imagine the > read more

Le Petit Prince Goes to War

Published on 2007-02-21 21:40:33

Yesterday, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that the 7,100 troops in Iraq would be cut to 5,000. Today, the BBC is reporting that it is highly likely that Prince Harry, or Troop Commander Wales, will be getting a chance to experience Messopotam > read more

Stars Over Stuttgart

Published on 2007-02-21 16:08:30

Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is that of the night sky over Stuttgart, Germany. Most notable are: Pleiades, the blue cluster in the top center of the image Aldebaran, the bright star in the top left of the image Mira, the variable star i > read more

Atari Code Reborn

Published on 2007-02-21 15:35:22

It seems artist Ben Fry has managed to turn Atari 2600 code into art. Like any other game console, Atari 2600 cartridges contained executable code also commingled with data. This lists the code as columns of assembly language. Most of it is math or c > read more