I took a few hours yesterday to drive down to one of my long-time favorite places in Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry. I haven't been there in years, and I wasn't exactly looking forward to this. That's because I wasn't there to see the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit. I was there to see this: It's a traveling exhibit produced by the DEA that "traces the … [Read more...] about DEA at MSI
This Ain’t World War III
A bunch of people out there, mostly from the right wing, have started referring to the collection of Middle East conflicts as "World War III." That's nonsense. Not because this couldn't be the start of another world war—who can tell?—but because we've already had World War III. We called it the Cold War. Sure, it didn't result in a world-wide eruption of total … [Read more...] about This Ain’t World War III
“It’d be better if I had cancer”
"It'd be better if I had cancer, then you wouldn't tell me what I'm going through is just a phase...You wouldn't see my condition as a lack of willpower, but the disease that it truly is." So begins one of the new public service announcements from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America—the geniuses who brought you "This is your brain on drugs." They also have apparent … [Read more...] about “It’d be better if I had cancer”
Ok Go – Here It Goes Again
There's something I admire about people who learn how to do pointless things, so I agree with Blondie that this is cool. Update: More silly dancing here. … [Read more...] about Ok Go – Here It Goes Again
Consumer Reports Knows Nothing About Digital SLRs
I was just visiting the Consumer Reports site to look something up, and for the fun of it I decided to see what they had to say about my Nikon D200. Here's every digital SLR camera they rated: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D Canon EOS 20D That's it. No Nikon DSLR's at all. The Canon v.s. Nikon argument can go either way, depending on your needs, but … [Read more...] about Consumer Reports Knows Nothing About Digital SLRs