I’m a little late to find out, but there’s some good economic news coming from “my home state”:http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_comment/swanson200603280801.asp for once. Based on what I’ve seen and read, Governor Mitch Daniels has far exceeded my expectations so far. I didn’t follow the 2004 Indiana governor’s race very closely since I’m not living in the state at… Read More Indiana on the Move
I just finished listening to “an intriguing discussion”:http://www.uncommonknowledge.org/800/802.html concerning how relevant “George Orwell”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell remains today. I don’t know a lot about the man other than familiarity with a couple of his most famous books, but the discussion was intriguing enough that I’m now planning to do some reading both about the man and of his… Read More Does Orwell Matter?
I just finished watching The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe on DVD which I got through my subscription to Blockbuster’s “online movie rental service”:http://www.blockbuster.com/. It’s a lot like Netflix, although I’ve tried both and actually like Blockbuster’s service a little better; but more on that later. I liked the movie… Read More The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
There’s a “review”:http://www.sharperiron.org/showthread.php?t=2948 of Dr. Michael Sproul’s book, “God’s Word Preserved”:http://www.tricityministries.org/tcbc/bookstore/godswordpreserved.jsp over at “SharperIron”:http://www.sharperiron.org/. I’m working my way through the book myself, so I’ll post my thoughts on it once I’m finished. I will say that so far my impression is that it’s one of the best, if not the best work I’ve seen on… Read More God’s Word Preserved–SharperIron review
In “this”:http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2006/20060406_4741.html DefenseLINK press release DoD assistant secretary Peter C.W. Flory assesses the US BMD(Ballistic Missile Defense) system as having reached initial operating capability. He says it’s still primarily in testing mode, but he apparently believes it’s stable and reliable enough to handle incoming threats. Whether this means it’s actually “live” and online is unclear,… Read More BMD initial capability reached
Just in case you ever get lost on “Mars”:http://www.google.com/mars/ . . .
Remember the old “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?” computer game you used to play as a kid? Someone has resurrected the idea using the Google Maps API and a modern twist. In “Brewster Jennings protects America”:http://www.brewsterjennings.com/ you’re an undercover CIA agent tracking terrorists intent on detonating a nuclear device in the US. It’s… Read More CIA agent for a day
There’s some good stuff on “strategypage”:http://www.strategypage.com/ today. First off, “an article”:http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20060405.aspx on the development of the Iraqi army, specifically the 9th Mechanized Division. It’s interesting that we’re choosing to outfit these divisions with practically all old Soviet-bloc equipment. Another article “explains”:http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20060406.aspx why the “recent coverage”:http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/173248/3/ of Iran’s supposed new “super weapons” is mostly just hype.… Read More strategypage: iraq, iran, etc
“ReactOS”:http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html is taking an unusual tack from most other free-OS developers. Rather than building a new UNIX-based distribution, their goal is to create an operating system that is completely binary compatible with Microsoft Windows using only open source code. That means it should be able to install and run both applications and drivers designed for… Read More Windows clone
Here’s a project by someone with *way* too much time on his hands: “Lego carrier”:http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=126969 It’s pretty cool though.