February 2011
Facebook Ads Perform Half as Well as Regular... →
Ads on Facebook cost more but got fewer click-throughs in 2010 compared to 2009, and performed about half as well as traditional banner ads, according to…
RT @JeriLRyan: Gorgeous photo of Eiffel Tower - really gives u a sense of scale! http://on.natgeo.com/dToAF9 #photography /via @NatGeoSo …
UFOP: StarBase 118, a Star Trek Play-By-E-Mail... →
January 2011
Drinking water from ice cores →
According to climate scientist Paul Mayewski, he and his team sometimes melt down unneeded ice cores that they’ve collected in places like Antarctica and drink the resulting water. The ice, as…
RT @carloscomputers: Pope says atheists pick & choose their morals. Correct. Today I will be frowning on child abuse & not having a prob …
The goal of business →
I’ve probably written about this somewhere and somewhen before, but here it is again because I want to make sure I have it in case the original source is lost. Back when Stewart Butterfield & co….
I love the song “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John. It reminds me of that roadie I married while on tour with Journey.
Jackie Kennedy artifacts missing from JFK... →
Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber →
Hugh Pickens writes “A suicide bomber’s plan to detonate explosives in Central Moscow on New Year’s Eve was foiled when she received an unexpected spam text message that caused her deadly payload to…
I’m a Fan of The Mists of Avalon on @GetGlue http://bit.ly/eCLszK
LAUSD police officer admitted fabricating shooting... →
Authorities arrested Los Angeles school police Officer Jeff Stenroos on suspicion of filing a false police report after he allegedly admitted to fabricating a story that he had been shot last week…
The Daily Show Ridicules Megyn Kelly's Claim That... →
RT @lizjmeyer: Arkansas #gay/lesbian rights pioneer dies | http://bit.ly/hXmPZp — mom from landmark title ix case was tireless supporte …
Clearly, the piano teacher upstairs is a big mo. He’s teaching some guy how to sing Gwen Stefani’s “Rich Girl” http://youtu.be/9rlNpWYQunY
Anti-pest device charges unwelcome visitors a dime... →
Here’s another anti-pest doorbell like the one I posted about in 2006. The bell will not ring unless a dime is inserted into the slot. (Thanks Felipe Li!)
Internet Buttons - A page of buttons that make it... →
Flier beats TSA video recording charge in court →
Phil Mocek knows he isn’t required to show ID to fly, and that it’s perfectly legal to record video in publicly accessible areas of an airport. A jury agreed with him earlier this week,…
Southern Conservative Christians Divorce More →
So, now that we know via this study that conservative Christians in the deep south divorce more, what are we going to do, as a nation, to save the institution of marriage?Divorce is more common…
I’m a Fan of Will & Grace on @GetGlue http://bit.ly/eCLszK
Seriously. Warcraft “Blackrock Caverns” Heroic Mode makes me want to commit hara-kiri.
Parents who won't vaccinate their kids should pay... →
Writing on CNN, pediatrician Rahul K. Parikh suggests that parents who allow the irresponsible lies of publicity-mongers like Jenny McCarthy to scare them into not vaccinating their kids should have…
Confused religious ppl: @thismassexodus: Gng 2 evangelize in Hollywd. Time to pour into the LGBT as God has poured into mine. Praise Jesus!
.@Jesus_M_Christ Please help your follower @thismassexodus understand his sins against the LGBT community.
I earned the 30 Rock Fan sticker on @GetGlue! http://bit.ly/eoQdT9
Why isn't the Enterprise ever upside-down? →
Bill Maher To Tea Partiers: 'The Founding Fathers... →
Bookshelf Porn →
Amazing bookshelves and the books that inhabit them.
The Singularity: Humanity's Last Invention? : NPR →
Woman Builds French-Style Mansion on Skid Row -... →
“Difficult for me to believe that 40% of state employees must be equipped with taxpayer-funded cell phones,” Brown: http://j.mp/e5e321
Rock Star Scientist posters →
Etsy seller Megan Katasuskas offers stately and elegant “rock star scientist” posters, including those above honoring Niels Bohr and Nikola Tesla. Rock Star Scientist Posters
“Where’s the toxic rhetoric coming from? It’s coming, overwhelmingly, from the right.” http://j.mp/gILkoW
Genius soap dispenser →
Soap bars are more efficient than liquid soap dispensers but are also a messy pain in the ass. Enter design student Nathalie Stämpfli’s Soap Flakes. It works like a pump dispenser and grates a…
RT @TrevorProject: “Gay rights are human rights.” ~Hillary Clinton
Climate of Hate - NYTimes.com →
Where’s that toxic rhetoric coming from? Let’s not make a false pretense of balance: it’s coming, overwhelmingly, from the right. It’s hard to imagine a Democratic member of Congress urging constituents to be “armed and dangerous” without being ostracized; but Representative Michele Bachmann, who did just that, is a rising star in the G.O.P.
RT @MMFlint: If a Detroit Muslim put a map on the web w/crosshairs on 20 pols, then 1 of them got shot, where would he b sitting right n …
Wunderground Road Trip Maps The Weather On Your... →
Get your directions, with information about the weather on your route. That’s Wunderground’s excellent Road Trip tool, which shows the temperature of the places you’re going at the times…
Obama administration moves forward with unique... →
Gun in AZ shooting bought legally: http://j.mp/gv3UnP
.@SarahPalinUSA’s “Take Back the 20” website no longer lists slain @Rep_Giffords, but it did until an hour ago: http://twitpic.com/3o7j5z
RT @SarahPalinUSA: Commonsense Conservatives & lovers of America: “Don’t Retreat, Instead - RELOAD!” Pls see my Facebook page.
Sweden in One Photograph: A Moose Jumping over a... →
16-year old Tove Sjöholm captured this amazing shot in Mute, Sweden. A spooked female moose jumped in such a way that it looked like it was jumping over a car. Here’s Google Translate’s…
Enable DomainKeys to Decrease the Likelihood Your... →
Google just added a nice new feature to Google Apps accounts, allowing users to authenticate emails by signing them with DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM). Big words, but basically…
Economist debates (w/public poll) “single-sex marriage.” Milquetoast Evan Wolfson vs. spawn-of-Satan Maggie Gallagher: http://j.mp/flaOvI