trust is the new black
An increasingly media savvy online public sees that recent major problems involved some really good journalism, particularly the current financial crisis, and also that “weapons of mass destruction” thing. Good reporters told us that something was amiss in both situations, and we did see some really good journalism in both cases.
However, the really good journalism was buried, not curated into the front pages, and then, infrequently if at all repeated. As news consumers, if big news is not prominently displayed, and then repeated, it’s a tree falling in the forest.
(via marginal revolution)
Democracy in the decade of Google
A spot-on list of technological advances from the past decade that have changed the way we live. Honestly, I don’t think there is anything I can add.
idiot
Half a glass of water on my laptop keyboard does not a smart boy make.
Graphic of 50 Years of Space Exploration
You really have to see the huge version of it on Flickr.
(Via Stevey.com)
The Motel Xenia
Open Hours, 0730 – 1600. Hotel Xenia, Amnisos (Αμνίσος, Κρήτη) Crete. Phil Bebbington.
Everything merges. Growth and decay.
Phil’s Xenia series is a stunner.
It was warmer, and remarkably easier to talk
Coney Island, New York
Come back tomorrow and photograph the monks
little drummer boy
San Antonio police are investigating the wounding of a man after his elderly father allegedly opened fire when the victim refused to stop drumming. Police said the son, in his 50s, suffered a non-life threatening head wound early Friday while at the home the men share. Police said his 83-year-old father was detained on an aggravated assault charge.
Police said the son, who was grazed in the head, ran down the block to call for help.
rendered speculation — Chinese drive-in car museum
a wild cat did prowl?
The state of Missouri has an eight person cougar response team and, apparently, zero cougars.
Missouri needs an eight-member cougar team because it, like other nearly cougarless states, has a bad case of “cougar hysteria,” as Mr. Beringer puts it. Of the 765 cougar reports Missouri has received since 2005, only two have been verified.
The state of Michigan has a cougar scat spat.
Dr. Rusz calls the rebuttal study “a politically inspired off-the-cuff attack” that “didn’t take into account the physical nature of our scat,” which was up to an inch-and-a-half in diameter.
More cougar-related controversy here.
underwater cabinet meeting
The Maldives held an underwater cabinet meeting to address rising sea levels due to global warming.
Nasheed and his deputy, Mohamed Waheed, and a dozen ministers sat behind tables arranged in a horseshoe at a depth of six metres (20 feet) and approved a resolution urging global action to cut carbon emissions.
Tropical reef fish swam among the ministers and the nation’s red and green flag with white crescent moon was planted in the seabed behind Nasheed.
goings on about town
The Queer Kiss-In at the Fort Worth Stock Yards runs from 5pm to 6pm. The pastor and his supporters will be there from 4pm to 6pm.
In the belly of the headless donkey piñata
For Cindy.
Crawl inside. Sit quietly.
some like it hot
Google trends has at least fifteen gags like this a week.
Galactic Junkyard
Great T-shirt designed by my friend M@ McCray available for today only at RIPT Apparel.
Memento Mori à Trois
speaking of the devil
“It is true, that which I have revealed to you; there is no God, no universe, no human race, no earthly life, no heaven, no hell. It is all a dream – a grotesque and foolish dream. Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought – a vagrant thought, a useless thought, a homeless thought, wandering forlorn among the empty eternities!”
He vanished, and left me appalled; for I knew, and realized, that all he had said was true.
Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
If you would indulge me
Today I announced that my new company BitBQ has launched with the acquisition of two iPhone applications: FitnessTrack and Emergency Information.
While this is not going to replace my day job anytime soon, I’m very excited about having products on the App Store and I’m looking forward to adding features and supporting both applications.
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, please check them out and let me know what you think!
Google Wave Cinema: Pulp Fiction
via Waxy and Mike Turro
food dye, vegetable oil, and water
Baby run over by a train, but remains unharmed
Insane. (via)
Chevrolet Cheetah
How Redheads Work
I had a very brief experience last night that forced me to do some research.
[http://podcasts.howstuffworks.com/hsw/podcasts/sysk/2009-01-15-sysk-redheads.mp3]
(thanks, Kevin)
boys will be boys
Interestingly, whether there were ladies present or not, the mens’ testosterone didn’t increase at all after driving the Camry.
cake’s gone rong
Someone who decorates cakes for a living should possess certain skills. Spelling is an important one. For example, success is not quite as sweet when the inscription reads, “Contralulation’s Ronan.” An eye for color helps, too. Piped dark brown swirls are never a good idea on a cake dotted with plastic farm animals. Finally, a few words about customer service: When someone requests that nothing be written on the cake, “NOTHING” should not be written on the cake.
