Yeah! Screw Pluto!
Thursday, August 24th, 2006Scientists decide Pluto’s no longer a planet. What's kind of a sad comment on me is that when I first read this, I said "Yeah!". Because that's what I was rooting for.
Archive for August, 2006
Scientists decide Pluto’s no longer a planet. What's kind of a sad comment on me is that when I first read this, I said "Yeah!". Because that's what I was rooting for.
Like the Russell set, but with freedom
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006BoingBoing's Cory Doctorow gets the twisted Bushie logic just right here: The terrorists hate our freedom, so by eliminating the freedom, we can stop the terrorists from hating us.
Cartography Boy
Monday, August 21st, 2006As I may have mentioned before, Oz likes to study and draw maps, and now has a pretty encyclopedic knowledge of the road system in the Capital Region and surrounding areas. After hearing him explain a few routes, the guy at the desk at the repair shop where we ...
Writely rocks
Sunday, August 20th, 2006I luckily got an account at Writely before Google bought it and stopped issuing new accounts. But now they've started it again. Very cool online writing and collaborating word processor. Get an account and use it.
You can call me Al
Friday, August 18th, 2006Upcoming documentary from the "War Room" gang looks cool for those of us who are fans of Al Franken 2.0 (the political guy): Al Franken: God Spoke. Check out the trailer from the Tribeca Festival site. And while I'm sending Al the L-U-V: I've been a fan ...
R.I.P., Kermit
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006The president of my university, Kermit Hall, died suddenly this weekend in an apparent drowing incident (President of SUNY Albany Dies, Apparently Drowning; Mourners laud Hall's virtues). He was the best college president I've been around, showing the sort of vision and leadership claimed for many and posessed by few.
