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  • The '00s Are Over!

    Culturally the ’60s didn’t begin until about 1963 and lasted until about 1973. A powerful decade even with sloppy dates. The ’00s have more precise dates: September 11th 2001 to May 2nd 2011. Not everything in that decade is so tidy. Obama’s Cairo speech on June 4th, 2009, was a preview of the ’10s just…

  • Obama Not Entirely Honest about Birth Certificate — and Will be Reelected

    Let me tell you the truth about this: the White House is not being entirely honest here.

  • Falling Cats

    I get behind on my podcast listening, but last night I listened to the recent Radio Lab short (http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2010/nov/29/vertigo/) that brought up that old claim that cats which fall from New York apartments have minor injuries if they fall from low floors, do not fair well from higher floors, and did well again if they…

  • Nexus One and LM961 Bluetooth Bracelet

    I recently got an LM961 Bluetooth bracelet to use with my Nexus One phone. Pretty cool, here are some observations: The diameter of the metal bracelet is big.  I couldn’t figure out how to take out extra links, so I brought it to a local watch repair shop just before closing and asked them to…