With a half-hour of googling, I could find very little information on the web about the origins of the name "Jamul". I did locate...

Bruce Schneier reports (on his excellent "Schneier on Security " blog) that SHA-1 has been broken. Many of you have never heard ...

What's next? Locusts? Frogs? Volcanic eruptions? From the National Weather Service: Bulletin - Eas Activation Requested Tornado Warn...

Woke up this morning (again!) to the sound of gentle rain falling. Looked at the rain gauge, and...we've now had just over 11 inches fo...

The recent questions raised about the notorious "hockey stick" graph (by scientist Michael Mann) are gaining just a little bit mor...

Looked at my rain gauge a moment ago, and we've just crossed ten inches for the year. Yahoo!

Spirit and Opportunity have been roving on Mars for over a year now, doing lots of great science. Both of them are long past their design l...

Trying to figure this out led me on quite a googling expedition — there are hundreds of thousands of hits on the word "moonbat", n...

Time reports that multiple back-channel contacts are occurring, with the aim of both sides being a negotiated peace. The consensus of the f...

We've had nearly ten inches of rain since January 1st, an amount that comes close to setting a record for all of recorded history. This...

Two vultures boarded a plane, each carrying two raccoons. The stewardess stops them and says "Sorry sir, only one carrion per passenger...

Scott Ott at ScrappleFace is at it again, with this notion of Bush's mission .

Mark Steyn is a wonderful columnist, writing for the London Telegraph and other outlets. His columns often make me laugh right out loud, a...

Captain Ed (of the excellent Captain's Quarters blog) pointed me to this intriguing article at WorldNetDaily's site. In it, Dr. Ja...

I've been programming with Java 5.0 for several weeks now, and I'm much more impressed with it than I thought I'd be. I expecte...

The Guardian has an interesting article by Iain Duncan Smith. Tip of the hat to PowerLine for the link (and some good commentary of their ...

President Jacques Chirac of France has a remarkable talent for raising my temperature, mostly when he demonstrates his world-class talent f...

This test only has one question, but it's a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. T...

Hillary Clinton gets elected President and is spending her first night in the White House. She has waited so long..... The ghost of George ...

A few weeks ago I discovered that the National Weather Service (which has radars all over the U.S.) puts all of its radar data up on the Int...