Pertinacious Metanoia

“[H]e could withhold the information if he decided that disclosure would ‘impair foreign relations, national security, the deliberative process of the executive, or the performance of the executive’s constitutional duties.’”

It obviously comes from a biased source. But I don’t think that the photographs lie.

“Architect Aron Losonczi has developed a new type of concrete that transmits light by adding ‘optical fibers’ into the mix. The fibers are used to shift light at each end, producing a ’see-through’ effect.”

“In 1990, Cameron [...] converted to evangelical Christianity [...] he insisted that castmate Julie McCullough be fired for having posed in Playboy four years earlier, and that the 1989-90 season [...] be retconned into a dream.”

A cute little World War II cartoon starring a rather familiar voice as Snafuperman.

What would happen if Donald Duck woke up in Nazi Germany? (Contains some unkind caricatures of Mussolini and Hirohito, but really, didn’t they deserve caricature?)

It’s rather amazing … as I was watching this (narrated by Keenan Wynn, whose face you’d recognize in a heartbeat), I thought to myself that this old 1940s film, antiquated by our standards, would nevertheless be too “racy” for most neocons nowadays.

Mother Jones collects examples of intellectual property abuse. “Nearly 20% of the 23,688 known human genes are patented in the United States. Private companies hold 63% of those patents.”

“It’s their first dinner as man and wife. They’ll remember it for the rest of their lives. It’s an almost sacramental moment.”

“Kane is not amused.”

The denizens of MeFi turned up a prankster past in the sculptor. You got to love the irony he must’ve purposefully chose: a pro-life monument FEATURING A BEAR SKIN RUG.

Yes, you can pay double the price of a DVD to own a DRMed-out-the-wazoo copy of a film that takes forever to download! Our business model is SECURE!

The Linux crowd has done something incredibly clever — they’ve made a Linux-themed Mac mini. Hell, *I* might get one of these, y’never know …

“When different users on one system choose to save or not save passwords for sites, any other user can see sites they not only saved passwords for but can also see what other users have been saving/never saving passwords for.”

I’m amused that the BBC is covering this.

“Apple should include hooks into Front Row to let third party developers get their content into it.” Good idea.

Snakes! On a SPACESHIP!

How about a little Johnny Cash, Dick? “I shot a man in Texas / just to watch him die … ” (Quip courtesy of Tom Hilton on Shakes Sis.)

Rescuing them is what these soldiers signed up for. Gratitude is certainly the hallmark of any sane human being, and they deserve thanks. However, for it to become a public row is ridiculous.

You. Have. Got. To. Be. Fucking. Kidding. Me.