...I felt that I was trying to describe an unthinkable present and I actually feel that science fiction's best use today is the exploration of contemporary reality rather than any attempt to predict where we are going…The best thing you can do wit...
Captain Blinky has decided to express an opinion about the conflict in Afghanistan. Does anyone know if he ever compensated the US government for all the planes he crashed back in the day? Hours before the speech, Senator John McCain of Arizona e...
The Twitterati got all hot and bothered earlier today when they found out MINUTES BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE that Tiger Woods was in a car accident. This is seen as some sort of validation of the awesome amazingness of the “real-time web.” Scoble was, ...
From David Plouffe in The Audacity to Win: There have been plenty of organizations that thrive, for a time at least, under leaders who yell and scream and fly off the handle and are propelled forward by a culture of intimidation and even fear. Bu...
VT100 with gradients and a whole lot of attitude. TOTALLY EXTREME! Looks neat, but good luck using that on an airplane. </param></param></param></embed>
Glenn Greenwald on our favorite chickenhawk tough guys’ reactions to the KSM trial: [T]he Right's reaction to yesterday's announcement -- we're too afraid to allow trials and due process in our country -- is the textbook definition of "surrenderi...
Taegan Goddard: Maybe Levi Johnson really does have a dark secret about Sarah Palin that she doesn't want revealed. Though Palin's new memoir takes shots at many people -- and "describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter's pregnanc...
AT&T regarding Verizon’s latest batch of TV ads: The image of the sad and wilting iPhone on an island of misfit toys falsely communicates that the iPhone is a broken device. </param></param></param></embed>