This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 11, 2008). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.
Sometime between November 9th and November 11th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
- Interview @MarsPhoenix: For over six months, Veronica McGregor has been Twittering from Mars. Of course, she's not living among the wind storms and dirt of the red planet herself, but she is the voice of MarsPhoenix, the strangely compelling, first-person, lonely robot Twitter feed that somehow became the official mouthpiece of NASA's Phoenix mission and has catalyzed an entirely new kind of public involvement in science.
- Urban Dictionary: palin: 1. An applicant lacking even basic job skills 2. Someone supremely un-self-aware or lacking any relative sense of what he/she does or doesn't know.
- Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know: He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
- First-family-to-be given code names: The Secret Service traditionally has given pithy, private names to those whose lives they protect. The monikers are a throwback to a time when electronic communications were not encrypted, and they no longer serve a security function. Still, they give an occasional peek at the players' personalities, in addition to serving as great trivia questions. (Renegade, Renaissance, Radiance and Rosebud)
- Childhood Fears: Incredibly creepy horror photography (NSFW) by Joshua Hoffine. Also worth checking out his behind the scenes weblog which details how he sets up his shots. Cool!