Blogging with Gangsters

If you haven’t read Sudhir Venkatesh’s posts on the “Freakonomics” blog from last year, you really need to check them out. For those of you who don’t know, Sudhir is a socialogist who spent several years in the ’90s hanging out with real gangsters in Chicago.  I first became aware of him when I read [...]

The internet is a series of tubes

I’m pretty sure we all know what Senator Ted Stevens said a couple of weeks ago about the internet when he was debating some net neutrality language should be included in a telecommunications bill (if not, click this link). Since Stevens, the longest-serving Republican Senator, said “The Internet is not something you just dump something [...]

The Sports Guy Picks an EPL Team

In my opinion, one of the best sport’s writers out there right now is Bill Simmons. He’s writes for page 2 on ESPN.com and I really enjoy reading his stuff. I like his work because he goes beyond the normal sports writing and offers interesting critiques and comments about current sporting events. [...]

Baby Panda

If you get bored at work and want to watch a black and white bear follow it’s mom around all day, you can watch the Panda Cam at the Smithsonian National Zoo (scroll halfway down the linked page to see the little bugger in live action). Enjoy.

Intriguing Offal Breaks Through

Finally, some recognition for this blog. I slave away at least 1 hour / week on this puppy, and, up until now, have yet to reap any profit or praise for my work. I was just days away from quitting blogging altogether, when I received a notice asking me to fly to LA [...]

A Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth

In case you haven’t seen it yet, a Japanese group made an animation of what would happen if a giant meteor hit the Earth. It’s 7.5 minutes long, but I think it’s worth watching. Click on the image below for the link to the video. It’s important to emphasize that this meteor [...]

Shipping Rice to the North

I monitor Google News a lot because I like the fact that the stories are being selected by a computer rather than by a person. I also like how Google News bundles stories and photos from many different media outlets under the same subject. For example, a story about a recent suicide [...]

Google Trends Rocks!

Google Trends launched today. It is a tool that reports the number of searches that people have initiated using Google search over the last couple of years. You type in any search term and it will return a chart that shows you how popular that term has been over the last few years. [...]

Nobody loves you like your mama

Youtube has some pretty good videos. Here’s one that was shared with me just a couple of days ago. A clever new twist on the old, “your mom” jokes, I think.