Archive for April, 2008
vonnegut
Came across Harrison Bergeron for the first time in a while. Still a clever story.
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monday night
2063 AD: The booklet 2063 A.D. was published by General Dynamics Astronautics, and placed into a time capsule in July of 1963. It is believed that only 200 copies were ever printed. The 50 page book contains predictions by scientists, politicians, astronauts and military commanders about the state of space exploration in the year 2063. [...]
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linkblast!
“This chick will do you if you’re a virgin and swear by net neutrality.” Hah!
From The Industrial Physicist — a method of harvesting solar energy from space. Apparently way more efficient than getting it on Earth.
Ben Stein should take a closer look at M&Ms.
20 rock bands that peaked with their first album.
That’s all!
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poker interview
Freakanomics interviews poker pro Phil Gordon. Lots of insights into the professional poker world.
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ALSO
Listen to the song “Bring What You Want” by The Plastic Constellations. It’s good.
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last few days
Hi Blagosphere. Tough week! Catching up on some interesting things:
I’ve started sharing a lot of stuff through Google reader. Think of it as part 2 of this blog. Anyway, the feed is available if you want to keep up with it. It also has RSS.
Krauthammer says we should promise Iran annihilation if it attacks Israel [...]
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best day ever
Mike Gravel’s triumphant return:
I’m still thinking of writing him in. His lunacy is thrilling.
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saturday
1. Iraq War Authorization Expires 1/1/09? The gist is that the UN resolutions that the Congressional authorization now depends on expire on 1/1/09, and the administration has no intention of going back to Congress. Sounds reasonable from a legal standpoint, but I am doubtful that it will matter in practical terms.
2. A kind of smirking [...]
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awareness test
Shamelessly stolen:
Hopefully you’re better at this than I am.
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periodic table
How many elements can you name? I got 24 in 5 minutes, and then stopped.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/elements.php
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