Last week I mentioned that I want one of the new Nikon D200 cameras. Why, you may be asking, would I want such a thing if I have a perfectly good camera already? The short answer is that this is a DSLR camera. That's a Digital SLR camera. That means Digital Single-Lens Reflex camera. Got all that? If you want the technical definition, lookup SLR on Wikipedia. In … [Read more...] about Why I Want a Nikon D200 – Part 1
Quiz time: Is it Art
Quiz time: Is it Art or Porn? I got 8 out of ten right. Because I know a lot about art. (Hat tip: I respectfully dissent) … [Read more...] about Quiz time: Is it Art
Why Not Subsidize a Gigantic Corporation?
On the LLP mailing list, Josh Kelly writes: Does artificial government support of select industries (subsidization) lead to net economic gain on either a local, state, or federal level? I'm engaged with a friend over this issue, and while I don't believe that any economic gain is incurred, he countered that with subsidization of an auto plant, the economy is stimulated in that … [Read more...] about Why Not Subsidize a Gigantic Corporation?
Carnival of the Cats #89
Carnival of the cats is up at When Cats Attack. … [Read more...] about Carnival of the Cats #89
450 Thousand
Via Scott Ott at the satirical Scrappleface comes an interesting bit of truth about the death penalty. As you may know (it's gotten some press), the United States is about to conduct its 1000th execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. However, based on this Department of Justice table (extrapolating for the last three years) there have been about 450,000 … [Read more...] about 450 Thousand