December 15, 2008
As most of you know, some asshat set fire to the Wasilla Church that includes amongst its members, Governor Palin. There is now a fundraiser to help.
The Anchoress has some interesting thoughts on the shoe incident.
Via Steven Den Beste comes this humorous translation fiasco.
The Carnival of Space has been taken over by those pesky antipodians.
Finally Colleen Doran posts a well researched and interesting piece on the evolution of Shojo Manga, a possible american connection and the awful story behind that story. Read the whole thing
.(Note in reference to her post, that the culture museum in Nagasaki has a large display of pre Tezuka Girls Manga some of which are seen here)
Update: Rand Simberg has posted a long and informative article from 2004 never before published in full, debunking several myths of spaceflight and proposing a productive way forward...I've added it to this previous post of mine which looks at some of the same issues but does so rather less well.
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December 10, 2008
Wonderduck has had a rough week, but he has discovered the joys of customer satisfaction.
Pete has begun watching Midori no Hibi (mentioned in passing here) and seems to be enjoying it.
Steve Den Beste is finicky...(who knew!)...nevertheless, he takes the time to explain why this might be a good time...as in the last time...to get several series.
Colleen Doran has a roundup of links, starting off with another reason not to date...but she also has advice for aspiring artists and many fans....
Copyright: There's a better way to learn the basics than making an enemy of an artist with more money than God.
Finally, many people are quick to point out that Anime is a perfectly respectable hobby.
Pixy Misa helpfully puts that myth to rest in a post that requires he put this 'explanation' in the associated comments.
Well, there's at least two others with plausible excuses - one wearing inflatable falsies, and one with a trout in her bra.(probably NSFW)
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December 04, 2008
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December 02, 2008
As some of you know, I work for UPS Despite the economic mess a combination of the collapse of DHL, orders placed before the collapse and consumer obliviousness, our workload is...well...Christmassy....
Teh Fred has comments on this phenomenon...
....so relax kids its all OK....unless Teh Fred is being sarcastic somehow.
On other serious matters, over at the Long War Journal, in the wake of the Mubai attacks this is NOT what we need to be hearing from the Pakistani military....especially in light of this.
Dennis Prager has thoughts on the targeting of the Chabad House, when it made little tactical sense to do so. Godwins law does not apply here.
Rodger Kimball reflects upon a story from the UK, that is while bloodless, no less disturbing in its own way.....
We can at least take comfort in the fact that it can't happen here.....oh wait...
On a more upbeat note, Next Big Future reports on -77 degree F superconductors. Not room temperature yet, but withing the reach of conventional HVAC tech!
It is often forgotten that Condi Rice is not just a diplomat, but also a classical pianist. Yesterday she got to combine those two skillsets in an unusual combo resulting in "win".
Will at Criminally Wierd brings us this bit of....ummm....
Colleen Doran gets all pervy on her blog...and somewhat surprisingly, she is not the only person today to manage to mention sex and Hitler in one post...
As soon as you are finished applying the eyebleach, I implore you to look at this tangentially related cautionary tale on the importance of checking over childrens homework....
I am now off to ride the package tsunami....Stay safe everyone!
Elf grrl is a cosplaying Konata...from Lucky Star which has been masterfully translated by Avatar
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November 14, 2008
Send him your best.
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October 31, 2008
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October 20, 2008
Curse you Steven you have ruined my night....
Warning!!...site is a Mandelbrot hyperlink set...which may be of limited usefulness as a warning....
...as it is a word I just made up.
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October 15, 2008
(Which icebreaker? You ask?..The one we don't have but need)
Information Dissemination was already one of the best stops on he internet for naval related matters. Now it is a group blog and has been bloging up a storm..... on fire support, worrying trends in procurement and affordability and the fact that congress has compounded that problem by mandating all major warships be nuclear....good grief.
Did you know the first US warship was named for an English King? Eagle One has a superb birthday post on the history of the US Navy, including information on the Continental Navies ships.
Murdoc has a Leggo HMS Hood.
Brian Wang has a big roundup of technology develoments from Japan.
Phil Bowmeister has infomation on the development of the internet..in 1934.
Colleen Doran has information on a disturbing CBLDF case that involves a fellow potentially going to prison for posession of hentai.
Jeff Lawson has thoughts on the fall anime season, as does Ubu and Don does as well, interspersed with various other thoughts.
Steven Den Beste is watching Aria...and running the math on the moons of Mars. The series has also got him thinking about concealed carry (!?)
At Ani Nouto, Pete's cynicism filters have somehow been bypassed.
On the political front, The Anchoress has a long and link heavy post on the troubling ACORN scandal.
ACE laments the existence of morons on the team. While Gay Patriot has an extensively linked post that puts our morons in perspective...
John C. Wright links to this shocking You Tube that proves that British Comedians KNEW about he subprime mess over a year ago!
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August 27, 2008
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July 07, 2008
Outside it was a gloriously sunny, if hot, day.
With that in mind Powerline reports that CNN may be broadcasting from the same pocket universe as the Weather Channel....More on Bud Day here....
Returning to Earth Actual, Jerry Pournelle has a thoughtful discussion on torture and coercion here and here.
The Anchoress has a stream of consciousness on the upcoming elections here and a rather more focused and quite thorough assessment of the recent actions of the All Feeling all Seeing God Head Sun King here.
Eric Scheie looks at some of the stupid anti-Obama conspiracy theories and develops....a conspiracy theory.
The Instapundit links to this post on the recent rescue of FARCs hostages andquotes this telling bit....
As we learn more about the Colombian military's daring hostage rescue last week, one detail stands out: In tricking FARC rebels into putting the hostages aboard a helicopter, undercover special forces simply told the comandantes that the aircraft was being loaned to them by a fictitious nongovernmental organization sympathetic to their cause called the International Humanitarian Mission.
It may have taken years for army intelligence to infiltrate the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, and it may have been tough to convincingly impersonate rebels. But what seems to have been a walk in the park was getting the FARC to believe that an NGO was providing resources to help it in the dirty work of ferrying captives to a new location.
As the cool kids say...."Indeed"
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May 31, 2008
I arrived at the trailer Tuesday with a truckload of stuff that included a borrowed weed wacker. One important thing on the to do list being trim the yard...which had been completely untended for a month.
That became the major thrust of the operation. Not only was the grass much higher than I had feared, the yard was full of logs, limbs, rocks...umm...boulders...a sink, beer cans, beer bottles, lengths of reebar, a toilet, bits of iron, various cuts of wood...mostly siding and plywood, a catchers mitt concrete slabs and plastic toys.
Oh, and my lawn mower didn't work despite hours of attempted resuscitation.
I did a little bit of work on the trees with a hack saw and left.
I used to have woods on 2 sides...now a landscaping business has moved into the former woods on one side...and some time in the last 2 weeks they cleared out those pesky trees....and presumably saved on disposal fees.
It rained Wednesday and Thursday.
Yesterday I arrived with a lawnmower, weedwacker, chainsaw, pruning shears and a crowbar.
The yard is now presentable.
As of when I'd left, the power had not been reconnected yet, that will come this weekend hopefully, but the water is on.
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April 26, 2008
Enough...
Now is time to show your support for Ben Stein by going out and purchasing a DVD of Rejected.
The film is brilliant.
It has even inspired snow sculptors....
more...
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I think he is right.
He also found another bit of wisdom which I discovered by the way of Chizumatic.....
more...
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April 20, 2008
Oh and Mr. Cavett, you were indeed aptly named.
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April 05, 2008
Stephen Hardesty is better known to bloggers as Buckethead (of the Ministry of Minor Perfidy).
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March 13, 2008
"Ooh..kinky...How many arms are you hiding under that dress?"
More at Photoshop Disasters.
via
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March 04, 2008
Update: Bumped to the Top
Update2: Bumpity Bump!
Exams are upon me and I've taken a long enough break so I'm back to work.
However, YOU need to go here and click on this...
Rachel is an online comic creator who is facing a hellacious problem. Her teeth are wrong...just wrong...They are growing together and on top of one another and major oral surgery is required. Rachel is a starving artist so hit her tip jar please.
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One of the Brickmuppets crack team of science babes brings us this Jim Fraiser post on what may be a big step forward in biofuels.
It seems that a company named Green Star Products has completed a low cost algal farm that is, in theory, suitable for quick setup nearly anywhere outside of polar/subpolar regions.
Oil from algae produces about 50 times the yield of the best oilseed crops, and this sort of arrangement might not displace food crops to the same extent as, say ethanol from corn, which is always struck me as a dubious idea.
I'm more excited by thermal depolymerization as it doubles as waste disposal.
This however is really interesting. Note that there are considerable hurdles (read the whole post for Fraiser's thoughts on that) and I still think that without lots of cheap nuclear power to provide the heat that thermal depolymerization...and to a lesser extent algae refining...need then the future of biofuels is marginal at best.
WITH nuclear power, they could potentially produce high density, carbon neutral, liquid fuel with little disadvantages over natural petroleum....a win-win for everybody except anti-nuke hysterics and the most hardcore greens.
Note: this is a repost of a post originally made on March 15, 2007 as the original post is inexplicably not linkable.
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January 27, 2008
I added 3 new science and science policy blogs to the blogroll...
Next Big Future (formerly Advanced Nanotechnology)
Go check them out!
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January 18, 2008
With the first week of school flowing into the monthly drill (after 2 weeks of active duty) I've been remiss in my blogging duties.
Perhaps I should learn more multitasking skills.
Or not....
Certainly I should refrain from clicking on anything that utterly wastes a thread in the complex tapestry of my life...things like this. (damn you Will)...or this.
Annyyyway...a rumor (as well as some measure of foreshadowing from the '80s) hints that the next regeneration of everyones favorite time lord will be his last. Here, in a Brickmuppet blog exclusive, is a picture of the last Doctor
And with that bit of villainy it should be obvious that I'm tired and really have nothing meaningful to say right now. I'm going to bed. See you in a few days. Everyone enjoy the holiday!
In the meantime, courtesy of Ryu, here is a what some of you really want, a picture of a Dame
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