A.J. Jacobs – The Year of Living Biblically

31 Mar

The Year of Living Biblically is about my quest to live the ultimate biblical life. To follow every single rule in the Bible – as literally as possible. I obey the famous ones: The Ten Commandments Love thy neighbor Be fruitful and multiply But also, the hundreds of oft-ignored ones. Do not wear clothes of [...]

Showdown

25 Mar

India TV, one of India’s major Hindi channels with national outreach, invited Sanal Edamaruku for a discussion on “Tantrik power versus Science”. Pandit Surinder Sharma, who claims to be the tantrik of top politicians and is well known from his TV shows, represented the other side. During the discussion, the tantrik showed a small human [...]

The Press hearts McCain!

25 Mar

Nice recap of the McCain Press free-ride from one of my must-reads: McCAIN’S CRED….Via Steve Benen, MSNBC analyst Chuck Todd tells us why John McCain can get away with routine demonstrations of abject ignorance, like his recent proclamation that Iran is supporting al-Qaeda in Iraq: Even if he gets dinged on the experience stuff, “Oh, [...]

Speech today

18 Mar

If someone on the national stage can’t make a speech like this and get elected, then it’s a real shame.

This is a really cool optical illusion

18 Mar

Click the link below to go to the page… [From Optische Täuschung bei iSNiCHWAHR.de]

Scary!

17 Mar

EWFR

16 Mar

One thing about us is we are very self-congratulatory. Other Christians compromise. Their theology is deficient, their morality is weak, their methods are compromises with the world. To be EWFR is to be in a small circle of those who have it right while so many others (even fellow Christians) have much of it wrong. [...]

Interesting story about a simulated brain

10 Mar

The human brain requires about 25 watts of electricity to operate. Markram estimates that simulating the brain on a supercomputer with existing microchips would generate an annual electrical bill of about $3 billion . But if computing speeds continue to develop at their current exponential pace, and energy efficiency improves, Markram believes that he’ll be [...]

Evolution of Car Logos

6 Mar

Have you ever wondered why the Audi in front of you has a logo of four interlocked rings? [From Neatorama » Blog Archive » Evolution of Car Logos]

Great New York videos

14 Feb

There’s some good musical moments, and the Very Old New York section was pretty cool, too. [From The Encyclopedia of New York Video - New York Magazine] This is 23rd street in 1901, fairly near my office: