Political Criticism and Support
I see websites and blog posts picking on McCain (and Palin) and Obama. I see lots supporting Obama. But I don’t see many supporting McCain… Maybe it’s just the (digital) places that I hang out? Or...
View ArticleNo Candy to Children if their parents support Obama
The video shows it all. Here’s the original Detroit Fox video. Or try here. Shouldn’t this be illegal since she’s buying votes? Please leave a comment or trackback about No Candy to Children if their...
View ArticleMSNBC Live election results
Here’s a cool election result widget from MSNBC. Thought it was pretty simple in how it worked. Very Edward Tuft-ish Please leave a comment or trackback about MSNBC Live election results, click the...
View ArticleCounting Election Results
Results for the election are interesting. They’ve got Michigan listed as won by Obama, but only 20% of the precincts have reported. Now most of those being waited for are smaller precincts but there is...
View ArticleSold out but more to come
I was suprised to get this e-mail a few moments ago… Subject: Sold out but more to come Date: November 5, 2008 4:46:47 PM GMT-05:00 With the announcement of a new president and high voter turnout, this...
View ArticleElection Wrap Up
Random results thoughts – (these are based on my observations not statistical calculations) Across the nation, most proposal results seemed lean towards pro-choice. Also across the nation, most...
View ArticleMichael Jackson rules the iTunes store.
It’s a shame to become so popular after someone dies. I guess in Michael’s case so extra popular (since he was so much more famous in the past and not so much lately). And it’s always shame for someone...
View ArticleForty Years Ago Today: We landed on The Moon!
On this day 40 years ago Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. I’m not sure what else needs to be added to that statement: “We landed on the Moon”! How amazing is that?!? Just for some frame of reference: The...
View ArticleSpace Shuttle STS-128 is ready for launch
The Space Shuttle Discovery is on the launch pad right now. This always excites me and still gives me chills when it takes off! You can watch NASA TV live on their site. At this point, they are in a...
View ArticleDon’t forget to set your clocks back
In the United States Daylight Savings Time (DST) ends today. So at 2 AM on Sunday November 1st, 2009 set your clocks back one hour in the US (if you’re in the EU, you should have done it last week). I...
View Article360 degree videos of Haiti Earthquake
Here are a series of three videos taken in Haiti last week by CNN. They’re not of the earthquake itself but of the area afterwards. What is so interesting is that it’s video and you can drag the mouse...
View ArticleNewly released aerial photos of the World Trade Center
Here are some newly released aerial photos of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center from the New York Times. I can’t believe this was over eight years ago… The images were taken from a police...
View ArticleWhere were you when _______ happened..?
So people used to say something like “Where were you when Kennedy was shot?”, for most of my life I think the closest I could come to that was “Where was I during the attempted Reagan assignation?”,...
View ArticleI remember when Kerri Strug won the gymnastics Gold medal in the olympics.
So the other month I did a post about “Where were you when _______ happened..?” and mostly the things we remember in that kind of significant way aren’t very positive things (usually disasters or...
View ArticleIn Case of Government Shutdown…
One of the stranger posts I’ve seen on Facebook. Hopefully they leave the runway lights on if we’ve got something up in orbit… Please leave a comment or trackback about In Case of Government Shutdown…,...
View ArticleAlways wear your seat belts…
And this is why you should have your seat belts on, even if you’re not on the runway. Watch at YouTube. I believe this was yesterday that an Air France Airbus A380-800 (F-HPJD) clipped a Comair...
View ArticleTraffic alerts make my drive easier!
So when driving during rush hours, I listen to WWJ 950 AM for traffic reports on the 8′s. But the don’t get a chance to report every problem every report and sometimes I miss the last report as I’m...
View ArticleApple has more cash than the US Government
According to CNN, Apple now has more cash on hand than the United State government. Wow!!! “the government had an operating cash balance Wednesday of $73.8 billion. Tech juggernaut Apple had a whopping...
View ArticleWhy I love KindleFeeder.com for reading blogs and news on my Kindle
I don’t like sitting at the computer all the time, so why do I do it? Because that’s where all the information is at! With KindleFeeder.com I get my information sent wirelessly to my Kindle (I have the...
View ArticleEarly Edition 2 news app for the iPad – Review
The Early Edition 2 works OFF-LINE for news reading!!! You don’t need WiFi to use it, just to sync it! So if you have the data plan (or even if you don’t have a data plan), you can sync beforehand and...
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