Archive for July, 2006

Idol Wannabes Explained?

Monday, July 31st, 2006

Dave over at Cognitive Daily has a possible explanation for why some of the more clueless American Idol rejects can’t accept the fact that they really can’t sing.

Common Misconceptions About the Big Bang

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

The Angry Astronomer addresses a few of the more common misconceptions about the Big Bang. [via Pharyngula]

Retooling the Factory

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

I don’t often blog about work related items, but I thought folks might enjoy this. New and wonderful things are in the works over at my day job at The Iconfactory, and we’ve come up with a series of animations leading up to their unveiling. Start with Day 1 and work your way through the […]

Cartoon: Kings of the World

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Cartoon: Kings of the World

Cartoon: Bad Dog! [with sketches]

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Cartoon: Bad Dog!

Gay Marriage and Discrimination

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

A long discussion has developed at Ed Cone’s blog, initially focusing on the recent Kindley brouhaha and sidetracking into issues surrounding gay marriage. In the comments, Sam Spagnola argues that homosexuals are not being discriminated against with regards to marriage, because they can indeed get married – they simply need to marry someone of the […]

A Lot of Hot Air

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Over at Noteworthy, Bubba has posted another take on global warming, linking to an article by Alan Caruba, a writer and public relations counselor. Bubba quotes from the article, stating: We could stop all industrial activity and require all cars and trucks off the roads of the world and it would not make a single […]

Cartoon: What’s the Downside?

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Cartoon: What's the Downside?

Selective Outrage

Saturday, July 8th, 2006

Glenn Greenwald points out an interesting question asked by John Amato: [W]hy are all of the Bush supporters celebrating the unauthorized leak to the Daily News of the FBI’s arrests of alleged terrorists who were talking in Internet chat rooms about blowing up the Holland Tunnel (later news reports indicated that the plot was really […]

Greensboro’s Fourth of July Festivities

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

We attempted to go to Greensboro’s Fourth of July Parade this morning. Unfortunately, we got out of the house a little late, and missed most of the actual parade. We did catch the tail end and found this guy bringing up the rear: Fortunately, there was plenty more going on, so we made our way […]