Harpers has a list of books written by Dictators for wonderful last minute gift ideas. Topping off the list is North Korea’s own Kim Jung Ill with his 1973 book “On the Art of Cinema“. Second up is Muammar Qadaffi’s Green Book which I could not find on Amazon but is available in its entirety [...]
As a rule of thumb, I believe all world leaders and self-described freedom fighters need to be versed in Enlightenment philosophy. That way they will hopefully understand the concept of a social contract and take it to heart. With this idea in mind, groups such as Hamas (who promised to rule Palestine but have failed [...]
According to a BBC Article, Scientists have figured out what is behind eye color on a genetic level. It turns out that there is no eye color “gene” but rather, eye color is strongly influenced by “single nucleotide polymorphisms” (SNPs), which are small mutations in a DNA squence. The SNPs’ slight variations can influence color [...]
If you don’t read RSS and have visited my site in the last couple hours, you might notice the design has changed a bunch. This is because I am trying out new designs. Sort of something to motivate me to blog more. Any suggestions?
On reddit today is a link to the Google search of beer whose title is wondering why there are no ads that appear on it. Wondering why this was, I looked up Google Adwords’ Editorial Guidelines which state: As a business, Google must make decisions about where we draw the line in regards to [...]
About a month and a half ago, the hot water hose in my kitchen sink burst and hot water flooded the bottom story of my house. Luckily, my older brother was home and he saved the day by turning it off and drying up the standing water. Nothing was damaged, except for our free floating [...]
Cross posted to Newsvine. The other day, I entered a discussion with my math teacher (who happens to have a philosophy degree) on the subject of global warming. It is his position that global warming has been blown out of proportion and is not extremely different than the climate changes that have happened throughout [...]