Noteworthy entries.
My Smith Barney 401K account statement arrived today. I was pleased to see that Smith Barney is encouraging its clients to go paperless to save trees: I opened up the envelope to see that I have 7 cents in my account. You see, this is an account from a…
Here's another fun site. 15 dots walking--a walking animation. It's amazing how much emotion can be conveyed by 15 dots.
According to this article, Barry Goldwater’s book, The Conscience of a Conservative, is being reissued. Timely reading? Depends on what audience at which this is aimed. I seriously doubt conservatives of the Rove/Norquist stripe will have much sympathy with Goldwater, who now seems admirable and even iconic compared to the…
In an article recently published on BldgBlog (HT: Boing Boing), there's an absolutely fascinating interview with Michael Cook, a Canadian writer and photographer who devotes himself to exploring the subterranean infrastructure - that is to say, the storm sewers, spillways, abandoned hydroelectric complexes, dams, and all manner of tunnels and…
I'm planning on packing my camcorder and asking a few dozen random people some questions to test their knowledge on various topics. I'm doing this because I suspect that many people lack basic knowledge regarding important topics. Other questions are geared to checking people's attitudes regarding important issues. Below you…