Month: January 2007

  • Long time coming.

    I am a newbie to Metafilter, having heard of it but never visited until today, prompted by the interview with its founder, Matt Haughey, on BoingBoingBoing, the podcast from the folks at BoingBoing. So I added MeFi to my Google Reader collection, and scanned the home page for things to jump out at me. The…

  • Deaducation.

    Teach Kids Peace is a group worth noting. I’m going to try turning off my filter and post every time I think to myself “Hey, that’s cool!” (normally I bookmark or add stuff to my deli.icio.us list).

  • Comedy is good.

    I’m a few days behind the leading edge on this, but I imagine there are still plenty of people who haven’t seen this (and have never heard of the man responsible), so enjoy (thanks to David Malki, creator of the wonderful Wondermark comic):

  • Me? Pedantic?! No!

    I expect better from an institution like Time Magazine (well, time.com in this case): In their photoessay on the life, reign, and death of Saddam Hussein, they goof in the caption for photo 5. Note the reference to the persons sitting “to Saddam’s left” and “to his right”: This isn’t as egregious as the fauxtography…

  • Not one, but two “Whaaa?!” moments in one day.

    You know, the rub-your-eyes-with-your-fists, lean-your-head-forward-with-a-quizzical-look moment… 1. My campus is closed this coming Monday for what is labeled on the official campus calendar software “Martin Luthor King Day.” Apparently, Lex himself was an evil twin of a pioneering civil rights leader who changed the face of this country forever. Either that, or we’ve been spelling…