Archive for March 22nd, 2007

Staring at the sun »

By William M. Hartnett on Mar 22, 2007 in geekery | 0 Comments

Lots of sun-related awesomeness at which you can stare, safely, courtesy of the Knight Science Journalism Tracker. (If you fancy yourself a science reporter but don’t subscribe to the Tracker’s feed, by the way, then you need to get your game right. Seriously, do you even know what RSS is? You sicken me!)
I’m a sucker [...]

Beckham envy, or crap shooting? »

By William M. Hartnett on Mar 22, 2007 in sports | 0 Comments

>’Envy over Beckham’ led to England failure (The Telegraph)
A friend of former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson says the team’s underwhelming performance during the World Cup was due to jealously over David Beckham’s star status.
I have trouble reconciling this viewpoint with my own theory, which is that England’s quarterfinal exit was due primarily to the fact [...]

The Indian media boom »

By William M. Hartnett on Mar 22, 2007 in newspapers | 0 Comments

>Will All My Friends Be Moving to Indian Now? (Freakonomics Blog)
I do love the cuisine. The second comment is particularly amusing, and the third comment is particularly accurate, I think.

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Star Wars + snail mail = awesome »

By William M. Hartnett on Mar 22, 2007 in oddities | 0 Comments

>Did You Know Androids Could Eat Mail? (NYT)
Lucasfilm and the Postal Service teamed up to decorate 400 mail boxes in 200 cities as R2-D2, which means it’s time for me to start writing letters again. Has anyone seen an R2 box yet? Has anyone lashed a chain around one, attached the other end of the [...]