The Illustrations of Roberto Osti [Slide Show]: Scientific American
I love these sorts of illustrations.
Archive for May, 2008
Lovely nature illustrations from Scientific American
Posted in Neat Stuff, Science, tagged art, nature on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
McCain Haters: Stop your damn whining
Posted in Politics on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Rachel Lucas is exactly right
I do not believe you’re going to teach anyone a “lesson” by sitting this one out or writing in Fred Thompson or Sunny Lucas. I believe that way too many people are ignoring the forest for the trees and that in doing so, they’re going to have a hand in electing [...]
His Love…Or Just His Kisses? Or maybe his cool vanity plate?
Posted in Humor, tagged comics lileks on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have starcrossed young lovers Ann Margaret and D-FENS found true happiness? Find out in our next exciting issue!
LILEKS (James) :: Institute :: Funny Books
“Phoenix has landed.”
Posted in Neat Stuff, Science, tagged mars, space on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mars Craft Succeeds in Soft Landing
Does this mean it’s now safe from the dreaded Curse of Mars?
More here from Rand Simberg.
A sweet deal if you can get it.
Posted in Food and Drink, Politics, tagged sugar agricultre subsidies on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You know the big problem with our country today? Sugar doesn’t cost nearly enough. There’s nothing worse than going into the store and seeing sugar priced too low. Fortunately Congress is here to help.
this and much more via The Corner at National Review
He’ll be your friend forever! Whenever!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The amazing (?) Newton household robot, from 1989.
from www.paleofuture.com posted with vodpod
Data recovered from Columbia’s hard drives
Posted in Neat Stuff, Science, Web/Tech, tagged space disaster on May 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“When we got it, it was two hunks of metal stuck together. We couldn’t even tell it was a hard drive. It was burned and the edges were melted,” said Edwards, an engineer at Kroll Ontrack Inc., outside Minneapolis. “It looked pretty bad at first glance, but we always give it a shot.”
Data from Columbia [...]
Banning books and substituting “racial harassment”
Posted in Current Affairs, Politics, tagged Indiana freedom on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And at a university, of all places:
MY RACIAL HARASSMENT NIGHTMARE – New York Post
President Lincoln, call your office.
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Texians on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some Hawaiian activists who miss their former monarchy are making a nuisance of themselves.
Let’s just hope they don’t give those Texian holdouts any ideas. Remember the Alamo!





