I blogged about the Olympics once already. Don’t think much of them. I find them a sprawling manifestation of hypocrisy and corruption, and I think they have the entertainment value of an insurance seminar. As far as I’m concerned, the best thing about them is that they’ll end a few days before the college football … Read more
So a triumvirate of ex-Googlers unleashed Cuil (pronounced “cool”; it’s Gaelic for knowledge) three days ago. It’s a new search engine that claims to do a better job with content and relevance, and also claims the largest index out there. Had a problem with Google searches lately? Yeah, me either. But Google is a scary-ass … Read more
Back when the cost of a fill-up was closer to a lunch check than the electric bill, I heard a (self-identified liberal) member of my family bitching about “the conservatives trying to take away our SUVs.” This gave me pause, for it’s generally on the political left that the loudest environmentalist voices are heard. “How … Read more