Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Pompeiians Flash-Heated to Death—”No Time to Suffocate” – Wow. Which makes you wonder about what could happen there today.
- India Says Harry Potter Mania Hurting Country’s Owls – Yikes.
- Geek Hit Phineas and Ferb, From Butcher Paper to Boob Tube | Magazine – We love Phineas & Ferb in our household, and for the reasons described here — it’s funny, it’s witty, and it’s ultimately constructive. It’s one of the rare non-toddler cartoons out there that isn’t all about insulting each other, or insulting the stupid adults, or insulting the viewer. Triffic stuff.
- Elections are always the beginning – A bit of perspective. This, too, shall pass.
- Darrell Issa: Obama must answer ‘several hundred’ inquiries – It’s gracious of Rep. Issa to state his goal is “make the president a success” (has he talked with the House leadership about that yet?), but I’ll believe it when I see it.
- Politico is the latest publication to just make stuff up about liberals – I guess the problem is the assumption that the Left is somehow has absolutist as the Right … which, even were it true, would be seen as a weakness / flaw / sin for the Left, while it’s just accepted SOP for the Right.
- Consumers driving business Windows 7 adoption; XP is on the way out at last – It is a new reality for businesses (my company included) that home PCs and other devices are now driving expectations in the workplace, not the other way around. People are getting home PCs more powerful and upgraded than what they are being issued at work, and it’s not sitting well. It’s a real challenge both for company budgets and for their IT departments.
- Senator Jim DeMint Vows Not To Fund Health Care Reform – Gee, why do I suspect a little thing like what the law currently requires won’t stand in the way of a determined GOP House Majority?
- The Pentagon Considers Some of Oil’s Many Costs : The Pump Handle – Very cool — and kudos to the Pentagon for being more pragmatic and open-minded about this kind of thing than many industries (and many more politicians). Will the pundits who were mocking Obama putting solar panels (back) on the roof of the White House mock the Army putting solar panels in their camps?
- @AI_AGW Twitter Chatbot Argues with Global-Warming Deniers Automatically : TreeHugger – Very cool idea — though, yes, something I could see becoming a real annoyance in the wrong hands.
- Great Sphinx’s Walls Rise Again : Discovery News – Cool stuff …
- US law does not forbid rendition of terror suspects to countries that torture, says CIA lawyer – Boing Boing – And Pilate washed his hands …
- Box Turtle Bulletin » Not a good night for NOM – A few threads of silver lining …
- By the Book – Reason Magazine – Phone books are an amazing resource. I hope someone has been archiving the old ones for research purposes in the future.
- The Maddow Blog – On the subject of Evan Bayh. – Those who seek to rewrite history are doomed to hoping we forget how to Google it.
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