Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Lakes on Mars a half-billion years later than expected – Silly scientists. Surely they know that Mars was created 6,000 years ago, alongside the Earth.
- Google’s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL – Best argument I’ve heard yet for buying a Nexus One.
- The Silver Swan – Just because they lived a few centuries back, it doesn’t mean they were stupid.
- It Only Hurts When I Play – My friend Andrew had the Creepy Crawlers set. It was da bomb, and I still have bugs I made deep in various memorabilia boxes, doubtless leaching PCBs and Lead and Radioactive Sludge into my old report cards and coloring. Great fun.
- Speaking of Texas education policy – SIGH
- a solar minumum : Dynamics of Cats – It never rains, but it pours. I can’t wait to hear this spun into denialist rhetoric.
- OnStar Mobile Application will help future Chevrolet Volt owners “manage” their vehicle – This is just very cool.
- A Gentle Reminder to Republicans [The Primate Diaries] – Yes, well, we all know Ike would never get a GOP nomination today.
- Getting to grips with why we slip – tech – 29 December 2009 – New Scientist – “Friction is not a material property, it’s a system response.” This one’s for Margie.
- Deployment of airport full body scanners could be delayed – tech – 06 January 2010 – New Scientist – I love the one reassurance by a company flack that we know the scanners work because the TSA has already bought so many of them. Um … right.
- Election shock: Ritter won’t run in 2010 | INDenverTimes – It’s always interesting when an incumbent drops from the race.
- She Has No Head! – 10 Great Female Comic Book Characters Of The Decade | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources – It’s hard to argue with any of these choices (except her #1 … and I haven’t looked at the character since “52,” which she also disliked). What’s amazing is that these characters were all created in the last decade. It’s been an amazing era in comics.
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I know only three of those comic book characters. I don’t much like Jessica Jones or Batwoman. I did like Batgirl (a very short letter by me was printed in issue #15 of her series), particularly before she learned to talk (not as much these days).
I thought the Jessica Jones “Alias” series was brilliant, but I love Bendis dialog and heroes with feet of clay. I need to go back and reread that.
As mentioned, I was left quite cold by Batwoman during “52” and, even with Rucka and Williams on the new series, stayed away from it. I might have to give it another try.
I didn’t read enough of the Batseries to get a good impression of that Batgirl; what I read I enjoyed, but not wildly.