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Jul 28, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Deep Thought of the Day

Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr. faked the moon landing. Think about it.

Jul 20, 2009
Photography

Death Cab for Cutie

Saw them in concert yesterday with Marlene. She convinced me to haul my Canon 40D with me. I took about 1200 photos in total, and posted my favorite 24 of them to Flickr. Check ‘em out!

Jul 06, 2009
Photography Zoon Politikon

What's on your desk?

update: oops, I think I’m wrong. They’re very similar but not the same photo. I’m browsing through today’s Big Picture, and was surprised to find a photo of Callie Shell’s on President Obama’s desk in the oval office. Here’s the photo, taken by ...

Jul 06, 2009
Personal Life Technology

Polish and The Mythical Man Weekend

There’s a great thread on Hacker News right now talking about the myth of “I could make that in a weekend!” Of course, there’s always some truth to this. To my mind, any project that can be completed by a single developer in a ‘reasonable’ amount ...

Jul 02, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Well, duh

A post on Daily Kos echos my sentiments on American energy independence: “The logic is hard to avoid. If we invest in energy efficiency, alternative technologies, and green jobs, and for whatever reason global warming turns out to be much adieu a...

Jun 26, 2009
Photography

Photo Friday

The Big Picture, today, has a collection of 35 pictures taken from the International Space Station, including one of the Puget Sound region. The resolution is spectacular. Even though you obviously can’t see my house from there, you can easily ...

Jun 20, 2009
Zoon Politikon

John Hodgman at the Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner

As consistently funny as everything else he does. Despite his spockish calm and gangly frame, the president is known to dabble in sports...and not just bowling, but the hard stuff. What they call 'basketsball.' </param></param></param></embed>