Archive for the ‘General Interest’ Category

Burt Rutan talks about the future of human spaceflight

Friday, July 25th, 2008

July 24, 1911: Hiram Bingham Discovers Machu Picchu

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Today is the 97th anniversary of Indiana Jones’ Hiram Bingham’s discovery of Machu Picchu.

JibJab

Friday, July 18th, 2008

I just watched the new JibJab video, and despite all the people saying they liked it, I just found it kind of blah.

No Beer, No Civilization

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

George Will corrects Investor’s Business Daily about just how essential beer is.

Rebellion at the airport

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Check out this blog post.

Subway prank

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Happy Independence Day!

Friday, July 4th, 2008

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Best wishes for a Happy 4th of July to all my readers!

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Are you a mosquito magnet?

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Dr. Dave Hnida tells you what makes you tasty to mosquitos.

How Gun Control Lost

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Reason Magazine has a great piece by Steve Chapman called How Gun Control Lost: The Long Road to D.C. v. Heller. Read the whole thing.

Catholics fiercest anti-nazis in pre-war Germany

Monday, June 30th, 2008

This is very interesting.

Catholic Church Conservation: Catholics fiercest anti-nazis in pre-war Germany.

Tour of Bell’s Brewery

Friday, June 27th, 2008
Tour Bell’s Brewery Inc.

Music of Mass Destruction

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Did you know that you’re not allowed to use iTunes to create WMDs?

British Steam Car Hits the Road En Route to 170 MPH at Bonneville

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Cool: British Steam Car Hits the Road En Route to 170 MPH at Bonneville from Popular Mechanics.

Scalia to write majority opinon on D.C. v. Heller?

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Concurring Opinions has a piece on what it would mean if Justice Scalia writes the majority opinon in the D.C. gun ban case.

Anyone care about free speech?

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

A commentary by the Toronto SunAnyone care about free speech?