So we suffered through an interminable MTV (?) show

To listen to Adele as had been promised and not only did she get only one song but it's another arrangement of the one I linked to yesterday (which makes sense that it was used in the ad) and having mentioned during the show that they screwed her over by not properly clearing the set the last time she was on, this time they cut away from her before the song was over.

So we suffered through an interminable MTV (?) show

To listen to Adele as had been promised and not only did she get only one song but it's another arrangement of the one I linked to yesterday (which makes sense that it was used in the ad) and having mentioned during the show that they screwed her over by not properly clearing the set the last time she was on, this time they cut away from her before the song was over.

So we suffered through an interminable MTV (?) show

To listen to Adele as had been promised and not only did she get only one song but it's another arrangement of the one I linked to yesterday (which makes sense that it was used in the ad) and having mentioned during the show that they screwed her over by not properly clearing the set the last time she was on, this time they cut away from her before the song was over.

Question about a graph

Is Doomed America Doomed because of Doomed Infrastructure?

They provide a graph of infrastructure that begins with a huge spike, which in turn makes me wonder if the start date wasn't picked to enhance the clarity of the model they wish to present. Anyone know what the figures for US federal investment in infrastructure as a % of GDP looked like before 1950?


Nicked from Tobias Buckell

Question about a graph

Is Doomed America Doomed because of Doomed Infrastructure?

They provide a graph of infrastructure that begins with a huge spike, which in turn makes me wonder if the start date wasn't picked to enhance the clarity of the model they wish to present. Anyone know what the figures for US federal investment in infrastructure as a % of GDP looked like before 1950?


Nicked from Tobias Buckell

Question about a graph

Is Doomed America Doomed because of Doomed Infrastructure?

They provide a graph of infrastructure that begins with a huge spike, which in turn makes me wonder if the start date wasn't picked to enhance the clarity of the model they wish to present. Anyone know what the figures for US federal investment in infrastructure as a % of GDP looked like before 1950?


Nicked from Tobias Buckell

The depths of my ignorance about Singapore are deep

Which is why I only just learned about the existence of the Nicoll Highway and the tragedy associated with it.

It's named after Sir John Fearns Nicoll, former governor of Singapore and someone I have no particular reason to think is a relative of mine. Although I guess it's not impossible...

The depths of my ignorance about Singapore are deep

Which is why I only just learned about the existence of the Nicoll Highway and the tragedy associated with it.

It's named after Sir John Fearns Nicoll, former governor of Singapore and someone I have no particular reason to think is a relative of mine. Although I guess it's not impossible...

The depths of my ignorance about Singapore are deep

Which is why I only just learned about the existence of the Nicoll Highway and the tragedy associated with it.

It's named after Sir John Fearns Nicoll, former governor of Singapore and someone I have no particular reason to think is a relative of mine. Although I guess it's not impossible...

Now I don't feel so bad for not voting

If there’s one thing that the average trends in the Best SFF Novels of the Decade data showed, it was that the average book of the decade was published in 2009, and was nominated for, but did not win, a Hugo Award.

Now I don't feel so bad for not voting

If there’s one thing that the average trends in the Best SFF Novels of the Decade data showed, it was that the average book of the decade was published in 2009, and was nominated for, but did not win, a Hugo Award.

Now I don't feel so bad for not voting

If there’s one thing that the average trends in the Best SFF Novels of the Decade data showed, it was that the average book of the decade was published in 2009, and was nominated for, but did not win, a Hugo Award.

Emily Lakdawalla's What's up in the solar system in March 2011

I don't think there's any question what the big event of this month will be: MESSENGER is finally, finally entering orbit at Mercury on March 18 at 00:45 UTC (March 17 at 16:45 for me). If everything goes well, of course. As of today MESSENGER has been in space for 2400 days since its launch more than six years ago, on August 3, 2004! This will be a truly nail-biting evening. If you're in the neighborhood of Laurel, Maryland, there's a public event at APL, which you should attend. The usual mission preview press briefing will be at 10:00 PST / 18:00 UTC on March 15.

Emily Lakdawalla's What's up in the solar system in March 2011

I don't think there's any question what the big event of this month will be: MESSENGER is finally, finally entering orbit at Mercury on March 18 at 00:45 UTC (March 17 at 16:45 for me). If everything goes well, of course. As of today MESSENGER has been in space for 2400 days since its launch more than six years ago, on August 3, 2004! This will be a truly nail-biting evening. If you're in the neighborhood of Laurel, Maryland, there's a public event at APL, which you should attend. The usual mission preview press briefing will be at 10:00 PST / 18:00 UTC on March 15.

Emily Lakdawalla's What's up in the solar system in March 2011

I don't think there's any question what the big event of this month will be: MESSENGER is finally, finally entering orbit at Mercury on March 18 at 00:45 UTC (March 17 at 16:45 for me). If everything goes well, of course. As of today MESSENGER has been in space for 2400 days since its launch more than six years ago, on August 3, 2004! This will be a truly nail-biting evening. If you're in the neighborhood of Laurel, Maryland, there's a public event at APL, which you should attend. The usual mission preview press briefing will be at 10:00 PST / 18:00 UTC on March 15.

Randy McDonald's On what's really going on with "Fox News Canada"

Any number of people, here and on Facebook and on my blogroll, have been linking to Robert Kennedy's Huffington Post celebration of the news that Canada's Quebecor media conglomerate won't be able to create a "Fox News Canada".

[...]

It's not nearly that simple.

Randy McDonald's On what's really going on with "Fox News Canada"

Any number of people, here and on Facebook and on my blogroll, have been linking to Robert Kennedy's Huffington Post celebration of the news that Canada's Quebecor media conglomerate won't be able to create a "Fox News Canada".

[...]

It's not nearly that simple.

Randy McDonald's On what's really going on with "Fox News Canada"

Any number of people, here and on Facebook and on my blogroll, have been linking to Robert Kennedy's Huffington Post celebration of the news that Canada's Quebecor media conglomerate won't be able to create a "Fox News Canada".

[...]

It's not nearly that simple.