Here's something I completely missed when it went operational in 2007, and somehow I've never run into it since: an advanced radio...

That phrase jumped out at me as I read Obama's remarks yesterday : For years, what we've heard is the biggest problem on the bench...

Deuterium oxide, otherwise known as “heavy water”, is an interesting substance – as demonstrated in this video. I discovered that you ca...

Julia is a newish programming language, intended for scientific programming (where general mathematics capabilities are very important, esp...

From APOD , this gorgeous photo of the Tungurahua volcano (in Ecuador) .  As always, click to enlarge.  The photographer (Patrick Taschler...

This is one of the most intense non-fiction books I've read in years.  I've read a lot of history, which of course includes much a...

Fascinating stuff , if you're an introvert working at a company using agile development methodologies with open floor plans...

A dog greets his soldier as he returns home from an eight month deployment in Afghanistan:

An awesome Dilbert for today:

But we're all different.  This is my brother Scott:

I'm “doing” my taxes today.  In other words, I'm spending my own time (valuable at least to me) computing how much money our feder...

Here's a nice collection of little OS/X hacks .  One example, from many: have you ever wanted to change your keyboard's repeat rate?...

I don't know when this happened, but Google's search bar graphs now.  Who knows what else it does?  To see an example, click on the...

Looking at things from a dog's perspective...  If your dog could talk, some things he might say. Via my mom: Blaming your farts on m...

The Economist has been hosting a debate on airport security for the past 10 days.  The motion: This house believes that changes made to ...

The always-interesting Martin Peretz on President Obama's recent “open mic” moment with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev: Additional ...

Peggy Noonan's column is up in today's WSJ.  She's reflecting on the disappointment he's been to his own supporters.  An exc...

I found this satirical take on Obama's performance on, of all places, the Huffington Post .  Four years ago, you could depend on the Huf...

Reader Doug S. passed along this gem: a simple recording of Don Verrilli, Jr. defending ObamaCare during the Supreme Court's oral argume...