An excellent article by Paul Ford: When it arrived the web seemed to fill all of those niches at once. The web was surprisingly good at emulating a TV, a newspaper, a book, or a radio. Which meant that people expected it to answer the questions of each medium, and with the promise of advertising revenue as … Read more
The media re-gifts cliche holiday stories Isn’t it remarkable how every December there are always 10 Most Dangerous Toys to stay away from? And that there is always a War on Christmas flaring up somewhere? Unfortunately, ’tis the season for the media to put its collective brain on layaway and re-gift the same tired old … Read more
A Chinese man and his Jewish friend are walking along one day when the Jewish man suddenly slugs the Chinese man in the mouth. “What was that for?” the Chinese man asks. “That was for Pearl Harbor!” “Pearl Harbor? That was the Japanese. I’m Chinese.” “Chinese, Japanese, what’s the difference?” They continue walking in silence, … Read more
http://xkcd.com/802/
Courtesy the Boston Globe
Of course, part of the problem with redheads is that there aren’t enough of them. They make up just two percent of the population. So they’re pretty extraordinary. Redheads are too numerous to be ignored, too rare to be accepted. Grant McCracken, from “Big Hair“ With thanks to Kitty for finding the quote.
Boston from the ISS. Taken this morning and sent out on twitter by @Astro_Soichi. Very cool.
It’s time to break out the bike again! http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/outdoors/galleries/biking_local/ http://www.mass.gov/dcr/recreate/biking.htm http://www.massbike.org/resourcesnew/pathstrails/