Happy Horseshiite

I don’t know about you, but it’s more fun to view this while leaning back in the chair, left eye squinting, index finger and thumb extended as a sight, and pressing them down on whoever’s head appears to making the noise in this video. You know what I’m talking about? Remember [...]

Headline Of The Day

Good News: Beavers can help ease drought

N.H.S. (Nicked Her Self-determination)

This must be frustrating/ugly.
One such case was Debbie Hirst’s. Her breast cancer had metastasized, and the health service would not provide her with Avastin, a drug that is widely used in the United States and Europe to keep such cancers at bay. So, with her oncologist’s support, she decided last year to try to pay [...]

Headline Of The Day

World’s Longest Accelerator Probes Universe’s Tiniest Particles
 
Actually, a very interesting article about the Stanford Linear Accelerator.
The various experiments at SLAC generate roughly 2 terabytes of data every day. That adds up quickly. The data center currently contains about 2.5 petabytes (or 2,500 terabytes) of data in an array of StorageTek Nearline tape robots, including Johnny [...]

Jukebox #8

Simply Saucer — Bullet Proof Nothing

Drew Carey at Reason TV

The new Drew Carey/Reason TV episodes are pretty good.  Here’s one about Locke High School in Watts.   Teacher’s Union vs Green Dot.

Military Suicides

…the VA itself says many troubled combat veterans are reluctant to seek help. It’s no surprise that the soldier’s code emphasizes strength. It’s heartbreaking to see that virtue become self-destructive.

That’s from a recent editorial following the suicide of veteran Michael J. Sheriff.   
Another story.
Beginning in April, the Army will use an interactive video to try to [...]

Iraq’s First Business Expo

From Babylon and Beyond – 
Iraq’s state-run enterprises are finding it tough going in the  post-Saddam Hussein era. Gone are the days of closed markets and government support. Now, imports are flooding over the borders, duty-free, and Iraqis are lured by foreign packaging.
The State Company for Tobaccos and Cigarettes has come up with one possible [...]

Jukebox #7

Beth Orton — Best Bit
Nice arrangement. I like her voice. Good song. That’s it.
About Beth Orton here.

The Berkeley City Council, a Marine recruiter and Code Pink walk into a Redding bar…

…and…. I can’t think of a punch line. Hahaha. Good one, huh? 
So yeah, the Berkeley City Council’s snub of Marine recruiting inspired a little something or other around these parts.  Look at this photo:

Whoops, wrong picture.
Here,

There is also, at the link above,  an audio slide-show of the event which is worth watching/listening to. 
Obviously, there were some heated [...]