It's Probably a Guy Thing
But you want one too, don't you?
Wes Phillips
The Death of Handwriting?
It has survived my penmanship, so it's obviously quite robust.
What Goes On In Your Mind
When you're listening to music?
Must-See Finale
Go to the external link and click on "The Big Finale." Stick around for "The End."
Excited About New Music
How collaborative filtering is making jaded listeners engaged listeners again.
Who WIll Watch the Watchcat?
Bagheera looks put out at Huckleberry's 15 minutes of fame.
More Blimpy Goodness
Over at Popular Science, there's a post about a gargantuan "cruise blimp" that just seems too cool to ever get built. Check out the illustration of the observation deck—it's like an irony-free Bruce">http://www.jamesgoodmangallery.com/mccall/pages/exhibframez.html">Bruce McCall illo, which is kind of disorienting.
Is Toyota Better Than Ford and GM?
Maybe just better run. Mark Thoma at Economist's View has some thoughts. So do his readers.
But I Loved Primordial Soup!
Mostly because the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum had Julia Child do a hilarious Julia Child parody for its "Life on Other Worlds" exhibit, in which she "made" primordial soup. Still, sorry to see this theory go.
ENIAC's Daddy
Computerworld posts a fascinating interview with J. Presper Eckert, who co-invented the first practical all-electronic computer—a tube computer.