Daily Archive: August 20, 2013
Phrenology!
So this morning I fell down a rabbit hole. I mean, there I was minding my own business, perusing Burt’s seemingly random list of countries, when I noticed São Tomé and Príncipe and...
Driving Blind: Detain and Hold
In the UK, government officials threaten legal action against a newspaper for reporting on state secrets. In the U.S., the executive editor of The New York Times does a Q&A on, among other things, why she’s not actually a mean person.
Adulthood and Freedom
New Dealer consideres the divide between adult behavior and the nature of freedom.
There Will Not Be a Cheap iPhone
The Wall Street Journal reports that production of a low-cost iPhone has already started. But such facts cower in fear before the blind speculations of Vikram Bath.
Stupid Tuesday questions, Stevie Wonder edition
Doctors can be kind of nutty. Please tell me we’re not alone.
The NSA and Facebook Are Just Symptoms…
Each time we’ve come into a surveillance oriented debate, there’s always a codicil that requires us to compare private vs. state data collection habits. Much of the debate focuses on which type of actor...
Babylonia!
Installment 12 of the Babylon 5 Viewing Club! The introductory post was here, The Soul Hunter was covered here, and Born to the Purple was covered right here. After that was Infection. Then came...
A Slower Version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” Has Me Revving It In Neutral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CzYHllLv_IE I’ll tell you without a hint of shame that Dolly Parton is one of America’s great singers and I’ll brook no disagreement. Yes, yes, we can have our bombastic, over-the-top warblers, but there’s...
