Colbert’s roasting of Bush continues to fuel discussions all over the place…
I drink a lot of coffee, which, according to this article, apparently makes me more likely to say “yes”. Huh. Not sure I agree with that, but what do I know.… On the other hand, I’d certainly agree that caffeine “improves memory and makes us pay closer attention to tasks at hand”.
If you’ve ever watched Comdey Central’s “Colbert Report“, you know that Stephen Colbert’s politcal satires can be pretty funny. But mocking the president right to his face takes some balls… Here’s a brief video of him roasting the president at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Funny stuff.
Now this is a little morbid… “Lightning Kills 5 Mexican Children in Prayer”. Make of that what you will…
The NY Times launched a redesigned website a few days ago. Most of the changes are relatively subtle, but I like to overall new look a lot. And there are a couple of neat new features, such as the “Most Popular” section. Nice.
What’s up with all the friggin’ rain all over California? I have a golf tournament to play on Friday, I need some sunshine, dammit!
That is one old tortoise…
Wow. The U.S. current account trade deficit is at $804 billion. That’s one big number. And it keeps growing…
Hey, why not. If it makes you cleverer…
There’s been talk in the last few days about Google planning to offer “total storage”. Information that was leaked to the public hints at Google’s intent to store 100% of users’ hard drive information. This BBC article points out: The plan for total online storage could meet difficulties with bandwidth constraints for some users. I [...]
Just spent three days in Santa Monica for meetings. I stayed at the Shutters Hotel On The Beach – what a fabulous little hotel that is. Now I gotta catch up with work and news, didn’t even have time yet to read people’s responses to the State of the Union Address… There’s lots and lots [...]
Tomorrow marks Mozart’s 250th birthday. As the BBC article points out: Mozart, who has long been hailed a genius, was a child prodigy having composed his first symphony before the age of 10 and his first successful opera by the age of 12. In case you are not familiar with his music, here’s a good [...]
Microsoft will spend $120 million to convince the world that it is a small company. One hundred and twenty million dollars. Small company. Riiiiight. Oh yeah, last I checked, their market cap was close to $280 billion. Small indeed.
It amazes me that in this day and age, there are still so many unknown species on our planet, even right at our doorstep… Biologists just discovered 27 new species in a cave right here in California. Imagine all the unknown creatures out there in some of the more remote corners of the earth…
It’s great to see that more and more women are being elected leaders of various countries – it’s about time. Just a few months back, Angela Merkel became Germany’s first female Chancellor. Now Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been elected president of Liberia, marking the first time a woman has attained this position in the whole [...]