Archive for December, 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007
The King of Cool himself test drives some of the coolest cars ever built in this neat-o article from the August 1966 issue of Sports Illustrated. The photos are classic.
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
Here are ten unusual non-cat and non-dog pets. I once met a guy on the subway who said he owned a tortise the size of a coffee table. Multifunction I guess.
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
The New York Sun reviews Jack Repcheck's book "Copernicus' Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began," which details the rise of Christian Europe's first great astronomer. Very interesting.
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
From jazz to gangsta rap, music and the criminal underworld have often travelled similar paths. Mexican narco corridos, or "drug ballads," are no exception. The consequences can be just as brutal.
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
Everything you need for yum!
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, we can read everything the Feds had on Ol' Blue Eyes. Includes field notes, news clips, and lines like "Informant stated ALPERT has been slapped around by FAT JIMMY and his life threatened by one FRANKIE BUTCH."
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Thursday, December 20th, 2007
Popular mechanics has posted a nice roundup of the 2008 presidential candidates and their stated views on science-related topics. I wish more would weigh in on their ideas for a comprehensive space policy.
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
Researchers find two new mamals: a giant rat and a tiny possum in Indonesia, in a region dubbed a "Lost World." Science conquers one of the three terrors of the Fire Swamp.
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
Most blogs are calling Google's "Knol," currently in private beta, a "Wikipedia killer." But with its emphasis on individual authors, it looks more to me like a publishing platform for static information, just as a blog is a platform for periodical info.
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
The presidential candidate and self-stated foreign policy rookie offers his views on overseas relations.
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