It’s no great secret that I hate the Baby Boomers – in short, I despise their self-righteousness, their sanctimoniousness, their whining sense of entitlement, and a series of economic, social, and political plagues that my generation (and the ones following) … Continue reading →

As a product of an amazingly tough series of high school English grammar classes, I cringe whenever I see words and punctuation abused. Especially when the abusers are people who really should know better (including myself). So I laughed long … Continue reading →

For the first time in well over sixty years, a new character will be added to the Morse Code. Not surprisingly, it’s the code for the @ sign, so Morse users can finally tap out their email addresses. The code … Continue reading →

In 1961, presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry played bass guitar with a band called The Electras. Less than 500 discs were made of their self-released album, but you can bid on one. “Senator John Kerry and The Electras” would make … Continue reading →

If you take pictures and write about your activities, prepare to get arrested: It was a Web site filled with dark images of abandoned homes, factories and buildings throughout New Jersey. The site displays photographs showing buildings, walls and cars … Continue reading →

Or else the CPRR, sorry, the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum will literally beat you senseless with their twenty pound terms-of-service agreement. I dare anyone to post an inline image from their site. [via Boing Boing]

I make my living as a network admin/tech support manager and this article in the New York Times is completely on the money. Many of the computationally confused say they suffer from genuine intimidation and even panic over how to … Continue reading →

It’s been a couple weeks since the last squid story, therefore: A squid that shines like a torch could lead to a new generation of optical tools. Scientists have been studying the Hawaiian bobtail squid which aims a beam down … Continue reading →