Note the little Ds (for Democrats) and Rs (for Republicans).  See a trend?  As always, click to enlarge...

Read about the exploits of Nevil Maskelyne – it sounds much like something that might happen today on the Intertubes...

This is just plain cool – a NASA visualization application for the iPad , with content updated several times a month...

A French fellow has set a new record low in the never-ending geek quest for elaborate, weird, and useless technology.  His accomplishment?  ...

Showing up commercially for the first time.  I saw a demonstration of this technology a couple of years ago, before it was ready for product...

We're cooking and feasting with close friends today, and otherwise goofing off.  It will be slow blogging for the next few days...

Blogger Tom Nelson spotted an open admission of the fraudulent nature of the data publicized by the IPCC and Mann et al .  Anthony Watts is...

I'll bet that guy is sorry now.  This video clip has been viewed by millions of people – and I'll bet the FedEx CEO is one of th...

A journalist tests the TSA with some professional help.  Conclusion: the TSA is very good at spending enormous sums of money and at irritat...

Interesting list of developer-oriented tools for Macs ...

Take a short length of ordinary copper pipe, and a small stack of powerful neodymium magnets .  Drop the magnets through the pipe, and watch...

The Department of Justice is going after three blogs : the three blogs that first published the release of the ClimateGate2 emails. Our Fo...

Reader and colleague Doug S. passes along this flash mob, from Lawrence, Kansas:

Master Sgt. Allen, currently on duty in Afghanistan, sings to his family back home: I can't find the words to express my pride and ...

Via my mom: