Steve Clemons, writing at the (notoriously, fatuously liberal) Puffington Host , said this: If current trends continue, this once mesmerizi...

Did you know that toilet paper was invented in 1857 – and initially was plagued with splinters?  Do you know what people did before 1857?  ...

This exactly expresses my sentiments , but with writing skills I can't match...

Some quotes from Abraham Lincoln, via my mom.  They've not lost a whit of their truth in 150 years... You cannot help the poor by destr...

Interesting post .  It contains my quote of the day: Making a distinction between professional and amateur in science is artificial: what m...

The state of South Carolina has a new law on the books : the Subversive Activities Registration Act .  Basically it says that if in any way ...

Yesterday afternoon and (especially) last night, we got a total of just under one inch (23 mm) of rain.  That brings the storm total to 2.32...

Via my mom: Awesome!

Demonstrating an early 300-baud acoustic-coupled modem.  When I first started messing around with microcomputers in the mid-1970s, one of my...

One good friend and several of my acquaintances have succumbed to pancreatic cancer.  It's one of the nastiest, least survivable types. ...

Paul Buchheit (GMail creator) on product design and geek reaction to the iPad .  Thought-provoking stuff that resonates with me...

Nice article and photos of WWI-era “Dazzle” naval camoflauge ...

...even though she's Canadian.

You had me at “carcass.” Har!

And American Express is doing their part to maintain the high levels of bullshit in our environment.  Here's an email from American Expr...

My colleagues often make fun of me because I shut down and restart my laptop several times a day.  There are several reasons I do this, but ...

This new clock is accurate to within one second in 3.7 billion years , or (equivalently) one nanosecond in 3.7 years.  When I first started ...

We got 1.42 inches (36 mm) of rain in the Friday/Saturday storm.  More, please!

Michael Yon is back in Afghanistan, and has filed his first report of this trip .  It's all about the Air Force crews who resupply the r...