Snow. Then Ice.
Carl Reiner once said that "snow is an unnecessary freezing of water." This was on the Tonight Show when Johnny Carson was with the show. In response to why Carl…
Unacceptable lower temperatures
I'm told I'm lucky, this is a warmer than usual winter thus far. People are acting as if this is acceptable. If it was 21 where I was last…
Infra Red
I have been in love with Infrared since I was a kid. First the Time-Life photo books I read that helped me learn photography had a section on Infrared, then…
Scanning
This is a simple comparison between a dedicated film scanner, the Plustek OpticFilm 7300 and a Canon 9000F. Unless the Canon has improved significantly with the newer 9000F MarkII, this…
Occupy Wall Street’s first fatality (VIDEO) — RT
A protester in Seattle, Washington aligned with Occupy Wall Street says that an assault from a cop last week has caused a miscarriage, which if true marks the first loss…
The Glow-In-The-Dark Kitty | Surprising Science
Cat owners might find a glow-in-the-dark kitty to be fairly useful—you’ll never trip over the cat at night again—but the Mayo Clinic scientists who created this glowing cat had a…
Eyes of Texas
I was listening to an older Ipod playlist a few days ago and this song started playing. I'd forgotten I had found this, a long time ago, while looking for…
First Circuit Panel Says There’s a Clear Constitutional Right To Openly Record Cops. | The Agitator
From Balko at The Agitator comes this important report. The First Amendment issue here is, as the parties frame it, fairly narrow: is there a constitutionally protected right to videotape…
Islamophobia is Stupid | Assassin Actual
You know, not everyone in the military is in lock-step with Faux Gnus or is a neo-conservative... Case-in-point: But what gets me is the whole concept of Islamophobia, it strikes…