Category: General

Some days it seems to me that the history of the world is a story of brothers: Cain and Abel, Ishmael and Isaac, Esau and Jacob.

Jeff Pulver and Tom Evslin have a suggestion for a new FCC regulation [via phoneboy]. Their suggestion has two options: Firstly, that the FCC require that all p...

Another item turned up by this archeaological dig was Mack White’s comic linking Operation Northwoods with the assassination of President Kennedy, the mil...

I’m cleaning my cubicle. As those who know me can attest, this is more of an archeological exercise than anything else. One of the papers I found was

I have an ineffective stapler, the ACCO 40. I suppose it would be classified as a light-duty stapler, because it can barely put both teeth of the staple through...

Martin Geddes wonders whether landlords will bypass network operators to deliver content to their tenants. Brough Turner points to some slimey ways in which hou...

The Nebraska Legislature has segregated the Omaha Public Schools along ethnic lines, or so The Associated Press reports. LINCOLN, Neb. — In a move decried...

Paul Victor Novarese asks if Thomas and Friends (Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W. Awdry) is the best television show ever. I like the books too.

The Poughkeepsie Journal reports that the Town of Beekman proposes to amend the regulation governing the construction of dead-end roads. The existing law is one...

I was remarking to one of my uncles that it might be fun to work on transportation at DisneyWorld. Given the rising cost of diesel fuel, one would think that a ...

Witold Rybczynski, writing in Slate, suggests that the Katrina Cottages should be shoddier. Wood framing, fiberglass insulation, and conventional vinyl siding w...

Does anyone actually like Daylight Saving Time? As I write this I’m stuck in an artificially illuminated artificial cave populated by cube-farmed troglody...

Well, I’ve got the title. Now I need the essay. Executive Summary from which Much Must be Built Disasters natural and otherwise disperse the residents of ...

So he was on one of these errands and the person behind the counter didn’t know him and was asking for some identification. He had his hands full so first...

I found out about PostSecret the other day. PostSecret asks that perfect strangers write things on the fronts of postcards, then mail them anonymously to PostSe...

John Massengale notes some odd designs that Reed Kroloff and associates have on New Orleans. Take this one, for example. Apparently the artiste is unaware of th...

Ben Hammersley writes According to this blog post research has shown that people talking on IM treated users they considered to be geographically far away in a ...

Highland County made the national news the other day. There’s a bit of controversy about a wind farm proposed for one of the ridges there. Feelings have b...

The Connecticut State Parks have a plan. You will get out of your chair, go outside, and have fun. Leave the video games at home. They are not needed to play Th...

Ben Hyde notes a common parental concern that arises from the fungibility of lunch money. If you give your child lunch money only later to discover they are buy...