Per aspera

Eric and I were discussing renewable energy at Christmas dinner, and how the challenge isn’t generation, it’s storage. I described hearing about pumped hydro storage, which was a new idea to the table (I’ve only run across it once myself, in, I think, a comment thread at Matt Yglesias‘ blog). So I googled […]

This post will serve as a repository of some links I want to have handy, as I mess around with running OS X on an old-school G3 333 MHz Powerbook (Lombard) lent to me by a friend. It had 64 MB of RAM to begin, but I threw in an extra 256 MB, ’cause […]

Happy (the day after) Treason in Defense of Slavery Day!

From the comments to a post on the Whatever featuring a video of a Beatles-esque band doing “Stairway to Heaven”: this is the greatest thing I’ve heard all day.

When it comes to health care, conservatives use policy the way pick-up artists use astrology: It’s something to talk about while they try to screw you.

-Ezra Klein

If Obama does get the nomination, Alan Keyes is going to be invited to spend a lot more time on television.  Probably Al Sharpton, too.

Atrios describes perfectly, in my opinion, the Democratic frontrunners:
Shorter Candidates
Obama: The system sucks, but I’m so awesome that it’ll melt away before me.
Edwards: The system sucks, and we’re gonna have to fight like hell to destroy it.
Clinton: The system sucks, and I know how to work within it more than anyone.
I still like Edwards, […]

Actually, I have a few things, but I haven’t been able to pull them together into a post yet. In the meantime, watch this nice video, and consider this an open thread in which to discuss how much you love my new Twitter feed, or whatever else moves you.

groovy girl - Daft Punk - […]

To this:  The Most Vulgar, Disgusting, and Foul Joke in the World

This was maybe my favorite segment ever on Sesame Street when I were a lad, and now here it is via the magic of YouTube.

While we’re on the subject of compelling Sesame Street music from my youth, see also.

Can someone please tell me what the hell “Greensleeves” has to do with Christmas? ‘Cause so far at work, I’ve heard bossa nova, mariachi, and smooth jazz versions, among others that I may have forgotten about.
UPDATE: Sometimes my readers stop me in the street and ask, “Steve, in your experience, when arranging a […]