Ants Marching
Posted by Jeff October 31, 2006
A FAA Radar track sequence of a FedEx aircraft getting into Memphis as thunderstorms pass over the airport.
No TagsRollable E-ink
Posted by Jeff October 29, 2006
The Sony ebook reader is out, but I want something bigger. Is the day coming when we’ll once again read from scrolls?
See also Wikipedia Electronic Paper page, or Anandtech article about this prototype.
Video Nuggets
Posted by Jeff October 23, 2006
Chinese Kids walking on Water
Killer Blues Song - Play the Blues for You
Cool “Tracking Shot” Music Video - Røyksopp - Eple
Faith-based foreign policy– not for everyone
Posted by Jeff October 23, 2006
From David Brooks’ article Thinning the Herd, about the fracturing Republican base, come these juicy and oh-so-true bits–
The big issue is Iraq, but the core problem with suburban voters is not the decision to go to war; it’s the White House’s reaction to the mess afterward. As Robert Lang, the superlative suburban specialist at Virginia Tech, notes, when people mess up a project in an office park, there are consequences. But Donald Rumsfeld never gets fired. Jerry Bremer and Tommy Franks get medals.
This is not how engineers and empirically minded managers behave. The people in these offices manage information for a living, and when they see Republicans denying obvious trends, or shutting out relevant data, they say to themselves, “Those people are not like me.”
Visualizing the Midterms
Posted by Jeff October 16, 2006
CQPolitics has a very nice interactive map of the House and Senate races. This looks like one to remember, with Foley a Katrina-style tipping point.
Rove: Hoisted on his own petard?
Posted by Jeff October 12, 2006
Rove pressured (blackmailed?) Foley to seek re-election:
According to the source, Foley said he was being pressured by “the White House and Rove gang,” who insisted that Foley run. If he didn’t, Foley was told, it might impact his lobbying career.
“He said, ‘The White House made it very clear I have to run,’” explains Foley’s friend, adding that Foley told him that the White House promised that if Foley served for two more years it would “enhance his success” as a lobbyist. “I said, ‘I thought you wanted out of this?’ And he said, ‘I do, but they’re scared of losing the House and the thought of two years of Congressional hearings, so I have two more years of duty.’”
Encouraging a sexual predator to stay in office doesn’t sit well with anyone — especially religious voters. According to Gallup, it’s cost them 22 points among their base:
And religious voters have even more reason to feel betrayed by Republicans:
Ah….sweet truth.
BetterFonts - wow
Posted by Jeff October 07, 2006
We’ve all seen font sites. BetterFonts is a font site with a difference - Ajax’y goodness. Type in your preview text, and see it rendered in your choice of 10,000 fonts — instantly.
This is a fantastic way to discover/learn/play with fonts — and a great way to waste time. It’s only missing tags.. this font, Agent Orange, reminds me of Schoolhouse Rock:
