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Mysteries of Technology, Part 1,287: Gmail and Chrome
See important / embarrassing UPDATE below!Gmail, as you may have heard, is made by Google.So is the browser Chrome, which I use and like.Today I have the (millionth) long plane ride ahead, so I wanted...
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Man Bites Dog Dept: Complimenting the TSA
In the list of useful maxims-for-life -- right there alongside "always call your mother" and "always write those angry emails, but never send them" and "you'll never regret tomorrow not having that...
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More Man Bites Dog: Good Items on WSJ Ed Page and Fox!
Consistent with my self-reminder yesterday that it's worth giving compliments when there is a legit reason to do so, especially about people or institutions that are usually the occasion for gripes,...
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Well, Good for WDAV
According to this update just now, the classical music public radio station WDAV, in North Carolina, will not dismiss Lisa Simeone from her role as a freelance (ie, non-employee) host of an opera (ie,...
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Today's Delightful Flight Video
An owl swoops in on its prey, at 1000 frames per second. Here is the 15-second close-up version. Full minute-long version the owl's approach here: Via Vurtrunner on YouTube, and Dogwork.com, and thanks...
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False Equivalence Watch, With Positive Developments
Here was the coverage in the New York Times early last week: And here is the coverage of essentially the same legislative result today:Note the "somebody did something" headline this time, albeit in...
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Credit Where It Is Due: More on WDAV and Lisa Simeone
Yesterday we had the silly frenzy about whether Lisa Simeone would be bounced as host of an opera show carried by NPR because she had been a spokesperson for the "Occupy" movement. I mentioned then...
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Things to Read and Watch This Weekend
If I wait to do a "full" treatment on each of these, I won't get around to mentioning any of them. So for your own exploration and amusement:1) Ari Berman, in the Nation, on how belt-tightening became...
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False Equivalence Watch: Et Tu, PBS?
From the wrapup last night on the PBS NewsHour, with emphasis added:Democrats in the U.S. Senate moved on to the next piece of President Obama's jobs bill today. It's a $60 billion investment in...
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Greed vs. Fear: The Eternal Battle Comes to Twitter!
As I've laid out in my current article about a Gmail hacking episode, many spammers, phishers, hackers, and other electronic intruders are technically gifted but lacking in cross-cultural EQ. "Hello My...
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Like TSA? You'll Love VIPR!
We know how air travel has changed in the era of the Transportation Security Administration. We know about terrorist groups' not-quite-rational obsession with targeting airplanes -- not rational...
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Bob Pierpoint
I was sad to hear that Robert Pierpoint died yesterday in California, at age 86. But I have to smile when I think about him.Bob Pierpoint was a mainstay of CBS News during the golden age of that...
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Today's 'What Hath God Wrought?' Tech Moment
We all know about photoshopping and the way it has made photographic "evidence" the least rather than the most believable indicator of underlying reality. Â For the next step down this road, consider...
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Cain 2012: The Best Ad Yet
Talk about closing the sale! Starting around time 0:38 you'll see something I never thought we'd see in ads again. But you'll enjoy it more if you let it build to that part. Way to get under Obama's...
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On That Horrible Toddler-Death Story from China
I've deliberately stayed away from the story that has dominated the Chinese mass media for the past week. It concerns a two-year old girl in Foshan, in southern China. She was hit by a van, as captured...
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From Chinese Readers, and Others, About the Dead Chinese Toddler
In response to an item about the 2-year-old Chinese girl who was run over, twice, while passers-by looked on, several replies. (At right, screen shot from video that captured the whole sequence,...
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In My Next Life
This in the inbox today, from Air Journey: A guided caravan of small-plane owners going continent-hopping.Once I solve the filibuster, and convert my plane to solar power, and deal with a few other...
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'As Humane as We Can Afford to Be'
On the case of the 2-year-old girl Yue Yue, who was run over twice in China while passersby kept passing by, this from a reader in Australia: The chord the death of Yue Yue rang for me was from Simon...
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Local News: If You Are in Cincinnati on Thursday...
... October 27 (tomorrow as I write), my wife and I will be speaking at Xavier University in the evening, on a program called "Does China Exist?" Details on time, place, and theme here. She is an Ohio...
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The Charts You Must See, Now, About GOP Tax Plans
On the off chance that you have not yet seen the post by the Atlantic's Derek Thompson about the impact on different income groups of the Rick Perry tax plan, plus Herman Cain's 9-9-9 proposal, please...
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