This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on June 30, 2009). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 June 26th and June 30th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
- LANL Scientist Makes Radio Waves Travel Faster Than Light: "Einstein predicted that particles and information can't travel faster than the speed of light — but phenomenon like radio waves? That's a different story, said Singleton, a Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellow. Singleton has created a gadget that abuses radio waves so severely that they finally give in and travel faster than light. "
- Picasa Web Albums – Pride 09: Steve Barta's shots of the "Dark Side of the Rainbow" — the seagoth contingent in this year's Pride parade. Looks like a good turnout! I missed it this year, but should be back out with everyone next year!
- Fake Photojournalism Wins: "I think what they've done is not to make brilliant photojournalism, but to make brilliant art. There was certainly a significant price to be paid for that art, or perhaps many prices: the reputation of the award, the reputation of the judges, even their own reputations perhaps–and only time will tell–but they've surely made some brilliant statements about the nature of such imagery, called into question the cliched nature of the traditional canons recognizing that work, and made us all pause, even if just for a moment, to consider what photojournalism really is."
- Giving Up My iPod for a Walkman: "It took me three days to figure out that there was another side to the tape. That was not the only naive mistake that I made; I mistook the metal/normal switch on the Walkman for a genre-specific equaliser, but later I discovered that it was in fact used to switch between two different types of cassette."
- "A Barkeeper Entering the Kingdom of Heaven": Did Mark Twain Really Hate Jane Austen?: "Twain marveled that Austen had been allowed to die a natural death rather than face execution for her literary crimes. 'Her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy,' Twain observed, apparently viewing an Austen novel as a book which 'once you put it down you simply can't pick it up.' In a letter to Joseph Twichell in 1898, Twain fumed, 'I have to stop every time I begin. Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.'"