Light Propagates Backwards?
Bawkward ran the physics until reeled the mind! I nod and say <I>un hunh</I>, but that's not comprehension you see dawning on my face.
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iPod Has 49% of the Market
At least, that's what In-Stat's survey shows. Seems low to me, but maybe a lot of folks are putting white earbuds on those $25 flash-drive players.
Role Reversal 2
Huckleberry looks pensive—which is definitely not in his nature.
Role Reversal 1
Bagheera looking uncharacteristically silly—although maybe she's just blinded by my new flash.
Historic Debt
On December 31, 2006, the UK will pay off its post-WWII debt to the US. "Nobody pays off their student loan early, unless they are a nutter," Dr. Tim Leung explained. Well, the full story is a bit more complicated than that. Or maybe not.
A Doozy
"I just want you to know, Stephen, that I spent the entire afternoon recompiling all of the text and graphs and data for the <a href="http://www.stereophile.com//features/338/index.html">Test CD 2</a> booklets."
Stargate SG-1 Turns 200
I have a soft spot for this show, but what really impresses me about this article on the long-running series is that the Sci-Fi network stuck with the show and worked to get viewers versed in its backstory and mythos, instead of just moving it to different time-slots each week like the "real" networks do.
Rail Against the Orthodoxy of Toys
Michael Chabon's rant about the imposition of predetermined boundaries and contours, of a formulary of play—and why Sid in <I>Toy Story</I> wasn't necessarily a Norman Bates in the making.
They Couldn't Write It If It Wasn't True
Headline of the year.
Are We Doomed?
<I>The Independent</I> interviews Jared Diamond, author of <I>Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</I>. The good news? We may not be doomed. The bad news: Yet, that is.