Is it just me, or is this New York Times article on undecided voters just a more genteel version of this Daily Show segment on undecided voters? (Personally, all the people in the Times sound like they want to vote for McCain, but know there’s no good reason to do so. They’ll talk themselves into… Continue reading Advantage: Comic-o-sphere
links for 2008-11-03
Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / World Fantasy Awards Winners! Congratulations to all the winners. (tags: books sf awards literature) CDF Ghost Muons | Cosmic Variance More thoughts on the maybe-a-particle, maybe-a-background-effect news from Fermilab. (tags: science physics experiment particles news blogs) The Happiness Project: Paradoxes of Happinesss: the sadness of… Continue reading links for 2008-11-03
Early Voting, By the Numbers
With the election nearly upon us, I’ve started regularly following Talking Points Memo again. Late last night, Josh Marshall wrote about the early voting results: Among those who’ve already voted, it’s Obama 57%, McCain 38%. And that number is not inconsistent with numbers coming out of a lot of the early voting states. CBS says… Continue reading Early Voting, By the Numbers
The Rich Get Richer, Internet Edition
Via FriendFeed, an interesting analysis of Internet traffic at compete.com. They set out to test the assertion that the “Long Tail” of low-traffic sites account for more traffic than they used to, and found exactly the opposite– the share of all pageviews for the top ten domains increased from 29% to 40% between 2001 and… Continue reading The Rich Get Richer, Internet Edition
DonorsChoose Wrap-Up
It’s now November, so the annual DonorsChoose fundraiser is officially over. According to the official leader board, at the time of this writing, ScienceBlogs has raised just under $30,000, from 302 donors, funding projects that will help 9,810 students. Those numbers may increase in the next day or two, as I think a lot of… Continue reading DonorsChoose Wrap-Up
Pimp Me Video Editing Software
So, I’ve recorded a bunch of video for the dance-like-a-monkey thing. I want to edit several of these clips together in order to form a longer clip. I did this once before with video recorded using Kate’s camera, to make the Hoops With Moss video, using the Movie Maker program that came with Vista on… Continue reading Pimp Me Video Editing Software
Universes Are Cheaper in Bulk
Via Boing Boing, a “conceptual artist” is selling a make-your-own-universe kit: According to [a slightly garbled explanation of quantum mechanics], any kind of measurement causes the universe to split and this is the basis of Keats’ new device. His universe creator uses a piece of uranium-doped glass to create a steam of alpha particles, which… Continue reading Universes Are Cheaper in Bulk
For $1,500, Joe Biden Will Dance Like a Monkey
Some time back, the Obama campaign site offered a “check your voter registration” link. This seemed like a good resource to promote, so I checked it out. This required giving them an email address, and since then, I’ve gotten a flood of fundraising emails purporting to be from significant people within the Democratic party. One… Continue reading For $1,500, Joe Biden Will Dance Like a Monkey
links for 2008-11-01
Optics basics: Inverse problems « Skulls in the Stars An advanced value of "basic," but a good post. (tags: physics optics science blogs) Freshman for Life Blotchmen, in which Rorschach tries to find his missing plums. (tags: comics books blogs art internet literature sf) marnanel: And now, today’s Blake joke A literary LOLcat (tags: literature… Continue reading links for 2008-11-01
Halloween Baby Blogging
Today is Kate’s first day back at work (part-time), so I’m home alone with SteelyKid. This doesn’t leave me much time or mental energy for blogging, so here’s a bonus baby picture for the week: This one’s mostly for the grandparents, who bought her the Halloween outfit. You can’t see the jack-o-lantern face on the… Continue reading Halloween Baby Blogging