I knew about the caste system in India, but I had no idea it was so depraved. And still in action. A Christian Science Monitor story details the Balmikis, or scavengers, who subsist by carrying away, by hand, the body waste of higher castes. From the story: “It is one of the astounding contradictions of […]
Does anyone else find this sad? Not in a nostalgic way, but the fact that as a society we’re so lazy/uneducated/litigious that NYC found it necessary to remove all worded instructions from intersections? Link
Who was the poor soul that proposed this project; build a tunnel underneath Stonehenge. Coming soon, the Grand Canyon overpass. Bonus points for anyone who gets the reference in the title. Link
“It’s a marvelous demonstration by liberals, if you will, of censorship. Now mind you, running for political office is every American’s right. Running for political office means free-speech exercise; it means exercising the right of petition, the right of assembly. … To say `Do not run’ to anybody is to say, `Do not speak. Do […]
The Freep (our favorite Detroit Free Press) has busted the Detroit 2006 Super Bowl committee for doctoring a photo of downtown in their ad. “Doctoring” is a nice term, considering the that they not only added lights to buildings that are abandoned, they actually put roofs back on collapsing buildings. Check out the comparison PDF. […]
While news that a 19-year-old killed herself is always tragic, the fact that this article has to then paint the event as tragic for a drug company, which incidentally may have been contributory in her death, is beyond my comprehension. Or, it may have everything to do with the fact that said drug company is […]
Opportunity looks over the rim of the crater it is in and sees the plastic shield and parachute used during landing. CNN Link JPL Link
Kuro5shin hosts a story called The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect, a trippy (sometimes stomach turning) theory about the future. It’s not the best thing I’ve ever read, but the vision of this future-world is fascinating. It’s written by Roger Williams. Link
While I may not be able to faithfully reproduce many of his recipes, he does make me laugh and, more importantly, experiment in the kitchen again. Who is he? Why, who else could it be but Alton Brown?
I should have highlighted the Spirit landing site as well, which has been named the Columbia Memorial Station after the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia. Spirit turned and took this picture of the landing site, which will remain in Gusev crater long past our lifetimes, a fitting memorial indeed.