Sometimes you need a lunar eclipse to be reminded that we live on an amazing big sphere hurtling through space. It's not a wild fantasy story. And I guess my eyes are pretty good to see something that is a quarter million miles away. Lunar Eclipse - February 21, 2008…
I often enjoy reading Andrew Sullivan's column, The Daily Dish. In today's post, Sullivan chastises Chris Matthews (and other journalists) for attacking Barack Obama's alleged lack of legislative achievements. In reality, Obama has been quite active in the legislative arena and Chris Matthews should have known better than make these spurious…
The Atlantic has published this detailed article describes how the Internet works and doesn't work in China. The bottom line is that, in China, Internet censorship is sporadic yet effective. “If you want to have traction in China, you have to be in China,” she told me. And being inside China…
This speaker's name is Randy Pausch. This video shows a farewell speech that Pausch originally gave to his students at Carnegie Mellon. This video is well worth your eleven minutes, especially if you have far more than eleven minutes to live. One of Pausch's closing lines: "If you live properly,…
The March 2008 addition of Consumer Reports contains an article called "Nine Ways to a Longer Life." There's lots of common sense advice, such as get enough sleep, exercise and don't smoke. There is also some less-obvious good advice, including the need to eat the right kind of fat. For instance, the…