Daily Archives: October 5, 2008

Weekend link dump for October 5

I got yer doggone weekend link roundup right here, you betcha… In case you missed it before, Michelle Obama posts on MOMocrats. Very cool. The woman behind Miss Piggy. I had no idea she was inspired by Peggy Lee, but … Continue reading Continue reading

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Once again with the electrical infrastructure

Look, I get that a complete hardening of the electrical infrastructure against hurricanes would be very expensive, probably more than it would be worth in savings. We don’t have enough hurricanes around here to make it worthwhile, as it was … Continue reading Continue reading

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Tell me what that big yellow thing in the sky is again

The Texans home opener will be played today with the roof open, under natural conditions. Apparently, that requires an explanation for people not used to such things. The Texans insist they are ready to play their home opener Sunday against … Continue reading Continue reading

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“The Strangerer”

You may recall the news from 2006 that President Bush read Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” while on vacation in Crawford, the announcement of which caused a few heads to explode. If you think you’ve sufficiently recovered from that, then you … Continue reading Continue reading

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New Mersenne prime found

Time for some math news: Researchers at UCLA have discovered a new Mersenne prime number. UCLA mathematicians appear to have won a $100,000 prize from the Electronic Frontier Foundation for discovering a 13-million-digit prime number that has long been sought … Continue reading Continue reading

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