Posted 13 weeks ago

LIQUID DREAMSDubai continues on it's quest of building over-the-top stuff, with the world's largest fountain now on it's agenda. Gizmodo reports: In Dubai, they're doing things big these days. Big

Posted 13 weeks ago

AXIS OF FUNNow that Bush's Axis of Evil has been whittled down to one (Iraq and North Korea are now off the list, in case you missed it), it's time to focus of course on Iran, the remaining one. Esp

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Posted 14 weeks ago

KEY SIGNALSA lot of us geeks have been eagerly awaiting the promise of smart apparel . An example of this in mainstream science fiction would be the self-drying jacket worn by Michael J. Fox in Bac

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Posted 14 weeks ago

THE BIG DAYUpon being reminded that today was America's birthday, my six-year old nephew thought about it for a moment, and popped out a question that most adults forget to ask while going through all

Posted 14 weeks ago

BRAVOThe government of Colombia seems to have pulled off a story-book operation releasing 15 hostages, held by the FARC guerrilla group. Some highlights in case you missed the story: Colombian comma

Posted 14 weeks ago

FALSE POSITIVESRemember the classic suspense movie The Manchurian Candidate ? The original one from 1962 with Frank Sinatra and Angela Landsbury, not the remake from 2004 with Denzel Washington and M

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Posted 14 weeks ago

LOOK MA, NO HANDSToday California joins a host of states that make it illegal to drive while using a cell phone in one's hand. While the logic of the move seems reasonable, as we've seen state after

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Posted 14 weeks ago

BOXY PRETZELIt's refreshing to see that not every major city in a fast, growing, developing country is racing to build the tallest skyscrapers around. There's a unique form of skyscraper going up in

Posted 14 weeks ago

DEMOGRAPHIC TECTONICSAs a long-time geek on demographic matters, this weekend's New York Times Magazine cover story on the falling birth rates in Europe caught my eye, especially with this bit: Around

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Posted 15 weeks ago

JUDGMENT DAYLike many Americans, I'm still trying to digest this week's Supreme Court decision defining owning guns as an individual, and not a group right. Again, like many other critical decisions