A thoughtful commenter over on Eli’s blog observes that it’s lucky I work for a small paper. update: It seems this has been misinterpreted. Eli’s been a delightful host, and it’s been a thoughtful and largely respectful discussion. I just wanted to be first on Google when you search for “John Fleck is an idiot.”
reading: Em Hall’s High and Dry, a classic on New Mexico water that’s one of those books that everyone says you should read. I am. paper of the day: ENSO as a mediator of the solar influence on climate, Julien Emile-Geay and colleagues, in paleoceanography last month: “ENSO may plausibly have acted as a mediator …
So if you wanted to find out more about Luddite groups, could you do a Google search to find them? update: And what about the Amish?
update: Looks like William Connolley, whose qualifications to deal with this issue are above reproach, has done a nice update on the Roger Pielke Jr. WikiThing. In a recent comment thread, I facetiously threatened to start a new Inkstian feature: I think I’m gonna start a new “Pielke watch” feature on Inkstain, where I highlight …
Ave Marie Avenue Originally uploaded by c_foster. Not exactly a palindrome, but in spirit, very much so.
On MSM perfidy….
Nora sends along this Oct. 23, 2001 Macforum discussion of Apple’s big announcement: All that hype for an MP3 player? Break-thru digital device? The Reality Distiortion Field™ is starting to warp Steve’s mind if he thinks for one second that this thing is gonna take off.
More (sub. or ad req.) on the question of when a “secret” is not really “secret”: In the past, the annual review was made public immediately on request. But policies implemented in 2003 granted agency employees widespread discretion to mark documents “official use only,” delaying or preventing the release of many documents once routinely made …
I’ll probably lose whatever dirty hippie cred I had left, but this is the car I lust after – Carroll Shelby’s Cobra. I mean, not just the car Shelby designed, but the one he designed for himself: “It’s a special car. It would do just over three seconds to 60 (mph), 40 years ago,” Shelby …
Quiet MorningOriginally uploaded by heinemanfleck. It’s quiet Saturday morning in Albuquerque, the sort of quiet you get when a light blanket of snow dampens the sound and keeps everyone inside, including the dogs. We’re going to be in trouble today when the mailman comes. There’ll be no dogs out to protect us. music: Django (the …