4/20/10

It is a golden age for 10 year-old boys

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One of the great things about kids, your own or somebody else's, is introducing them to things. Not in a skeezy priest way, I mean thing...
4/6/10

We do like our gold-embossed sushi rolls

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According to Bundle's first "How America Spends" report, the top-spending Americans lived in Austin in 2009. Households in the...
4/1/10

Heh

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A different kind of company name 4/01/2010 12:01:00 AM Early last month the mayor of Topeka, Kansas stunned the world by announcing that his...
3/28/10

The state of the military-industrial entertainment educational toy complex

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In case you hadn't heard the news: don't do your educational toy shopping at the Dollar Tree.
3/25/10

Thinking seriously about abandoning Haloscan / JSKIt comments

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.... and transitioning to Blogger comments. What say you, dear readers?
3/24/10

Best fried rice recipe (work in progress)

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This is an evolving recipe. Please post any suggestions. You will need: • 1 cup rice uncooked rice or 3 cups cooked rice. • 3 to 4 T ...
3/23/10

I didn't think the President was going to sign the healthcare bill until the reconciliation package had passed

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In retrospect it makes sense: It totally takes the wind out of Republican sails. But I bet you there were at least a couple of House members...
3/12/10

This machine makes Mozart

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Finally, Cope's program could divine what made Bach sound like Bach and create music in that style. It broke rules just as Bach had bro...
3/10/10

[Updated] Supertrains come to Austin!*

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I love my fair city, but if there is one thing that keeps Austin from being a truly world-class metropolis, it's the terrible transporta...
3/2/10

A good place to grow ten to the hundredth power potatoes

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AKA, Ad Astra Per Muto Nomen Rabidus (forgive the amateur Latin, it's supposed to mean "To the stars through crazy name change...

Barry Hannah 1942-2010

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"Well, yeah, I’m proud, but I tell you, the older you get as a writer, the more modest you get and the more you should shut up. You’re ...

Evolutionary theory really revolutionary?

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Interesting article about culture and evolution in the Times today. It begins thusly: As with any other species, human populations are shap...
2/26/10

Bloggy blogging

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I have just spent 10 years working for the same firm. Wow. For each of those years I expected to find other work within a year. Now, after s...
2/23/10

News from Texas

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It's snowing in Austin. Y'all Northerners are used to snow, but for us, this is a rare, non-accumulating treat.
2/15/10

News from Texas

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Did you know that a man by the name of Farouk Shami (pictured right) is running for Governor of Texas? Seem unlikely? You bet! He is a Pales...
2/12/10

"Meat stylus" is not a phrase I ever want to hear

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Apple's fancy tech videos for the iPhone/iPad makes it look like the iPhone response to the very life force flowing through your finger...
2/4/10

How to make time-travel boring

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Ah, time travel: It's truly interesting topic that can lead to unique and emotionally devastating stories, but is far more often a mask ...