2010-02-13 [☆] We Have Met the Enemy, and It Moooos [Lileks]
Lileks on trains and "bean curd molded into pleasant, food-like shapes". http://torydrroy.blogspot.com/2006/12/gassy-bossies_15.html
trains lileks humour

2010-02-12 [☆] The Byzantine Generals Problem
programming byzantine

2010-02-12 [☆] A ToC of the 20 part linker essay [LWN.net]
gnu people.ianlancetaylor gold

2010-02-12 [☆] Forced Unionization « John Stossel
unions michigan

2010-02-05 [☆] Richard Shelby: worse than Ted Stevens
"Dick Shelby is being as despicable as any Democrat. If the Republicans were smart, they’d have him stand down. But there’s a reason they’re called the Stupid Party." -- Rand Simberg
pol.richardshelby republicans

2010-02-03 [☆] Australian censorship as it stands today
australia internet

2010-02-03 [☆] In sex scandal, Edwards braced for media onslaught that never came
people.byronyork pol.johnedwards journalism

2010-02-01 [☆] Shelby Was For The Private Sector Before He Was Against It - NASA Watch
republicans pol.richardshelby

2010-02-01 [☆] UN climate panel shamed by bogus rainforest claim - Times Online
globalwarming science climage

2010-01-30 [☆] Obama’s Conservative Space Policy - Transterrestrial Musings
Rand's theory is that "Obama doesn't give a damn about it, so the new (good) policy is written by some of his underlings".
pol.obama space nasa

2010-01-29 [☆] Afghan Men Struggle With Sexual Identity, Study Finds (a tactful title)
yaoi taliban

2010-01-29 [☆] Australia bans small breasts - Somebody Think Of The Children
australia government

2010-01-29 [☆] Code Reviewing: popt - Rusty Russell's Coding Blog
programming rpm

2010-01-28 [☆] Traffic Camera Company Seeks to Rewrite Arizona Law
arizona revenuecams states

2010-01-27 [☆] HTML5 video and H.264 – what history tells us and why we’re standing with the web
Blizzard, the de-facto official voice of Mozilla, on the situation with H.264
h.264 video youtube google mozilla patents

2010-01-27 [☆] k001 - про машинный интерфейс
Bit time LOL, but sadly in Russian.
cars driving

2010-01-27 [☆] ACORN 'gotcha' man arrested in attempt to tamper with Mary Landrieu's office phones
people.james_okeefe

2010-01-27 [☆] RAV4World - :: View topic - Dangerous!!! WARNING!!! Throttle sticks open and overrevs 2007 Rav 4 V6 Sport
1. Notice the model year: not affected by the big recall. Symptoms are different too. 2. User "pitkey" was on the forum previously w/o anything suspicious.
cars rav4 toyota

2010-01-23 [☆] The Mainstream Media Should Stop Neglecting NASA -- how dumb is Michael Pinto
Who do you think populates Ares I grassroots?
space people.michael_pinto

2010-01-22 [☆] Crew Escape Systems - Transterrestrial Musings
"Recall that both Challenger and Columbia were lost as a result of expendable components." "When you look at the total risk of a lunar mission, it’s a misallocation of resources and a defiance of rational systems engineering to put so much of them into reducing the risk of launch."
space people.randsimberg

2010-01-21 [☆] Bayonetta at Beta-Waffle
gaming bayonetta beta-waffle

2010-01-21 [☆] The War Against Suburbia (good overview)
living suburbia cities democrats liberals pol.RayLaHood

2010-01-14 [☆] Report: Dems to Grant Special Exemption to Unions on "Cadillac Tax"
Source http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/hca_20100113_9874.php
unions healthcare democrats

2010-01-12 [☆] Dodd’s agenda backfired right before his eyes (cournocopia of the senior Democrat's misdeeds)
pol.chrisdodd

2010-01-11 [☆] Golden State Off the Rails As Mass Transit Ridership Plummets
transit california