Matt O'Brien is correct: I checked, and re-checked, and triple-checked, and I can confirm that it's not 1979 anymore. Now, that shouldn't be too surprising -- I'm not writing this on an Apple II, after all -- but it is to a generation of men (and...
Or, if you prefer, Monday morning... More on the Able Archer docs. Aaron Bady's post on MOOCs is genuinely excellent. I thought Star Trek: Into Darkness was just awful, and.
Because it’s Sunday night and there are (and soon will be) so many new faces around here, I feel the need to remind y’all of who I am and why.
Since I'm the biggest no-life-having-jagoff of the authors here, I was wondering if you all wanted share your Google Sepuku stories with everyone on the internet. Well, sort of. I'm not talking about specifically about Google Seppuku; actually, I was wondering is if you've ever typed...
Apparently, Ken Cuccinelli's running mate has been chosen to appeal to people who feel Cuccinelli is a bit of a wet.
Jared Bernstein's take on this very good NYT story seems right: There’s a long cover story on the Cincinnati IRS office which is ground zero for the recent scandal. The.
In 1971, the film Zachariah was released. I had never heard of it until last night, but it seems to be a weirdo western starring Don Johnson, Dick Van Patten, Country Joe and the Fish, Joe Walsh, Patricia Quinn, Doug Kershaw, and the great drummer Elvin...
The inter-movement fights of the skeptic world, like geek gate-keeping in the geek world, is something I keep tabs on from afar. Though I am an atheist, a skeptic and--I.
Reading my Facebook feed the other day, I came across news item that made me roll my eyes. It's the sort of thing your wingnut uncle sends to your email.
Jorge Rafael Videla, former dictator of Argentina, is dead, much to the benefit of the world. Lillie Langtry with more.
This thread was a classic illustration of what generally happens when people discuss craft beers on the intertubes. For obvious reasons, nobody wanted to defend the actual argument being.
Cool article on the 1913 barbers' strike in New York, which led to the reduction of barbers' workweeks from 92(!!!) hours to a mere 62 with Sunday off. I may.