how hot was it?

posted by phil on Sun, 07/26/2009 - 19:10
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when I was a lad, a friend got his photo in the local paper frying an egg on the sidewalk; here is the modern version

 

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Wolfie Retrospective

posted by phil on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 08:43
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Federal IT Dashboard

posted by phil on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 12:03
Whoa, transparency at last. I just read Robert Cringely's post about the new Federal IT Dashboard project. Very cool, it breaks down spending by line item, and is pretty revealing. Funny how defence spending seems to cost about as much as everything else combined, and how low we regard departments like Energy and Health. Plus, they have feedss so you can hook this into your own site.
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Give Ringo a Chance

posted by phil on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 22:00
All the poor guy wanted to do was sing a few more songs with his bandmates.

Adios, Grasshopper

posted by phil on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 17:28
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Sorry to hear of the passing of the fine actor David Carradine

 

Young Caine speaks with Master Kahn about Master Sung, a Master from the temple, who took his own life.

"Why did he take his own life? Yin and Yang?" -- Caine

"The Yes and the No. In him, No conquered....Instead of the beauty we observed, he saw ugliness." -- Master Kahn

"How is that possible?" -- Caine

"He looked with his eyes, and we look with ours." -- Master Kahn

What's on your bumper?

posted by phil on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 09:08
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Donald McGill, the saucemeister

posted by phil on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 17:49
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I give you $1 trillion dollars

posted by phil on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 17:32
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How many pallettes would you need to hold a trillion dollars in hundred dollar bills? Here is a visualization - goodness, I couldn't even count the nails in the pallettes!

Get a life!

posted by phil on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 09:29
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Seems a waste to work on your Second Life, if you don't have a First Life.

 

The Germans are eating Obama's fingers!

posted by phil on Wed, 05/13/2009 - 07:50
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A German frozen food company hopes to raise sales with a new product: Obama fingers. The tender, fried chicken bits come with a tasty curry sauce. The company says it was unaware of the possible racist overtones of the product.
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