Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
The New Yorker weighs in on the decline of the American newspaper. News and written journalism isn't going away any time soon, but I'm one of the ones doesn't buy the paper, and I know many of my peers don't either.
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Behold the manliness that was science from the 40s to the 70s in this vintage science images Flickr group.
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
The WWII German code device that confounded the Allies can be yours with some paper and scissors.
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
The former Soviet leader publicly prays at the tomb of St. Francis and admits that he is a Christian.
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
Apparently the world needed a project to put the good word into language that domestic pets and Sidekick owners can understand.
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Did you know that dogs can predict air raids?
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
The author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, last of the "big three" SF authors (with Asimov and Heinlein) and one of my favorite writers, died at a hospital in Sri Lanka.
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
When he started to fall after tripping over a pothole, it was either his face or the Air. Ouch. He looks pretty brittle.
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Yah, it's a gimmick, but it sounds like something Mitch from City Slickers would do.
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
I love goofy-looking aircraft. I remember when they were first revealed to the public and went on to help win Desert Storm. A lot of neat engineering under the hood. Last flight is in April. I wonder what other black planes the gov't has yet to reveal.
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