I have been told that some folks (which can only mean, like, 3 people I don’t live with) miss my postings. I have been remiss — blame poor educational services in US urban areas — and plan to make this up with more than quick hit videos. Therefore, beginning this very moment, and continuing every workday (various deities permitting) through next week, you\’ll get a short post on one of the groups in the upcoming World Cup.* I’ll try to talk about every team, but I’ll admit, I don’t know much about half these squads. If they...
Continue reading...June 2010
Photo of the Day
Yup, that\’s Michelle Obama and Sen. Harry Reid, seemingly dancing? Carry on.
Continue reading...Yes, this is a Lego printer.
From the YouTube description: “Lego felt tip 110” printer connected to an Apple Mac. This is not a kit you can buy and does not use mindstorms. I designed/built/coded it all from scratch including analog motor electronics, sensors and printer driver, the USB interface uses a “wiring” board.
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Good morning, everybody. Charlie Sheen is going to jail. Now, your morning constitutional: Rep. Arthur Davis lost the chance to be Alabama\’s first black Democratic nominee for governor yesterday. Dale Peterson (previously) also lost his bid for Agriculture Commissioner. No matter what happens in the fall, New Mexico will have its first female governor. BP\’s shares have plunged 36 percent in value since the April explosion that caused a giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which may make BP cheap enough to attract acquisition interest. Attorney General Eric Holder is opening an investigation into the...
Continue reading...“The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.”
It’s like bringin a knife to a gunfight, pen to a testYour chest in the line of fire witcha thin-ass vestYou bringin them Boyz II Men, HOW them boys gon’ win? – Jay-Z, The Takeover When I moved to Boston, I lived in East Somerville. It’s a working class neighborhood full of Brazilians and Portuguese, and in any other soccer story, any other match preview, I might write about the sounds and sights of East Somerville in June 2006. But this is a story about tomorrow’s match, the first US match of this World Cup, against England. So it’s...
Continue reading...Well, it's hurricane season
Today marks the beginning of the official hurricane season, and NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center predicts a pretty hectic season: Across the entire Atlantic Basin for the six-month season, which begins June 1, NOAA is projecting a 70 percent probability of the following ranges: 14 to 23 Named Storms (top winds of 39 mph or higher), including: 8 to 14 Hurricanes (top winds of 74 mph or higher), of which: 3 to 7 could be Major Hurricanes (Category 3, 4 or 5; winds of at least 111 mph) “If this outlook holds true, this season could be one...
Continue reading...New York Times Columnist Line of the Day
If you’re one of the four-or-so frequent readers of this here blog, chances are you also occasionally check out the New York Times op-ed page. You may even know the names: Thomas “Friedman Ain’t Free” Friedman, Gail “The Colander” Collins, Nicholas “The Dark Crystal” Kristof, &c. Well, I’ve decided to devote a daily feature to these folks, by daily pointing out one line that is either awesome, funny, insightful, intelligent, ridiculous, or utterly divorced from reality. I hope you enjoy. Today\’s is from Bob \”Day Job\” Hebert, who in his column today \”Our Epic Foolishness,\” writes: For...
Continue reading...Morning Constitutional – Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Good morning, everybody. Spencer behaved a little crazy and moved out. Now, your morning constitutional: Flooding and landslides resulting from Tropical Storm Agatha, the first named storm of the season, has killed over 150 people in Central America. As Carol Browner, the White House energy and climate adviser, calls it the \”probably the biggest environmental disaster we\’ve ever faced in this country,\” BP and the administration warn that the oil spill in the Gulf could very well last until August. Robert Reich: The government should temporarily take over BP\’s U.S. operations to ensure it\’s workign in the...
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