History will not judge this period kindly…

Sometimes I just want to weep when I think about what my children’s generation will think about this time period and what their parents’ generation allowed to happen. Depressing thoughts for the New Year, but I wanted to put this Special Commentary by Keith Olbermann up as a reminder, and as a spur to do [...]

Happy Festivus

A day late, but it’s the sentiment that counts. Anyway, a Happy Festivus for the Rest of Us!

Merry Christmas (and a Nerdy New Year)

And a quick coda to all my nerd peeps out there:

h/t: BoingBoing

Chimps Smarter Than College Students (I suspected as much)

 Further proof that college students need to put down the Xbox and study harder. Forget Globalization: the chimps are coming to take your jobs!
“OK, humanity: time to pull up our socks. In a test of rapid number recollection, college students were resoundingly outperformed by a young chimpanzee.”
I fear I must take this new information into [...]

Al Gore at Bali Climate Change Conference

Reading Lists for Spring 2008 Courses

UPDATE (12/20/07): I’ve now listed the books for PS 557 Kentucky Government and Politics at the bottom of this post. 
Here are the reading lists for my Spring 2008 Courses. I wanted to provide these early incase you wanted to purchase the books in advance for less on Amazon or just wanted to get an early [...]

Why So Serious?

Those of you hip to the viral Dark Knight promotions will get the reference (hint: try putting “.com” after the title of this blog post, without the “?”).
I am looking forward to this film more than any film since the interminable wait for the Tim Burton Batman film of 1989. Only this time, I think [...]

How to Get Blogging Credentials for the DNC Convention

For all you aspiring bloggers out there who wonder how to get press credentials to cover the Democratic nominating convention, DailyKos has a great post explaining this process, with links to supporting material. Very informative, and I hope at least one of our Kentucky blogs will be there.

The Rudy Giuliani Giggle

This may be the creepiest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Looks like The Mayor has finally been driven batshit by the scandals that are starting to cling to him like a bad odor.

Makes the “Hillary Cackle” start to look tame in comparison, doesn’t it?
The clip was assembled by that [...]

“Hi, I’m a Mac. I’m a PC. And I’m Linux.”

I love this video (found on a thread at the Whitechapel board). It’s so true.
I also like the video because it simply, and humorously illustrates what the Open Source community is all about. Nice. Simple. and Short. We need more Burst Culture like this in the Open Source movement. Information and [...]