Day 762: BarricaPe?
Posted on September 29, 2007 - Filed Under new orleans, pictures | 5 Comments
Seen on Royal St. in the Quarter. Is that a cape for a barricade, a signmaker being funny or a simple case of misspelling?
Read More..>>Day 761: One Person, One Vote
Posted on September 28, 2007 - Filed Under government | 3 Comments
… except when it comes to Texas legislators. I’ve never see lawmakers this physically active. (Thanks, Suspect Device.)
Read More..>>Posted on September 27, 2007 - Filed Under blurbs, geology, government, louisiana | 1 Comment
nola.com: Geologist Fred Matthew challenges incumbent Tom Capella for Jeff Parish council seat He’s a Democrat (although I still haven’t figured out what Democrat means around here) and a geologist. *swoon* Since I don’t live in Jefferson Parish and can’t vote for him, I urge those of you who can to do […]
Read More..>>Day 759: What Would Richard Feynman Do?
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under funny, pictures, science & technology | 9 Comments
This Feynman “diagram” is a universe of Awesome. (Thanks, Julie!)
Read More..>>Day 759: Terence Blanchard Remembers Katrina
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under music, new orleans | Leave a Comment
Jazz drummer and online friend, Sriram Gopal, wrote this DCist review of Terence Blanchard’s latest album A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina). In a recent email, Sriram confessed that this blog was one of the reasons he penned the review. It’s just what I need to hear, that we are getting through to the […]
Read More..>>Day 759: Grab Bag
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under citizen journalism, computing & internet, desi / india, football, wisconsin | 2 Comments
To the people of Mississippi: Sane citizens of the state of Wisconsin do not claim Greta van Susteren as one of our own. In fact, we wonder why she interviewed Brett and Deanna Favre last night (thus also forcing some of us to watch Fox News), although I admit to sniffling a bit when Brett talked of love […]
Read More..>>Day 758: “Reluctant To Evacuate” While Watching Saints
Posted on September 25, 2007 - Filed Under football, new orleans | Leave a Comment
Blaze Damages Ms. Mae’s. This explains the sirens wailing down Magazine St. during the game last night.
Fire officials say they had some resistance from bar patrons who were reluctant to evacuate because they were watching the Saints game. Most of the damage was confined to dead space between the walls and between the first-floor ceiling and […]
Day 757: Monday Night Notes
Posted on September 24, 2007 - Filed Under federal flood, football, movies/tv, new orleans | 2 Comments
Edit: I changed the title of this post to reflect various observations from the Saints game on ESPN and K-Ville (if we actually change the channel away from the game).
- At the end of an interview with locals he conducted for ESPN, Steve Gleason had this to say, “New Orleans is not about catastrophe, it’s […]
Day 757: Science & Tech News
Posted on September 24, 2007 - Filed Under computing & internet, geology, gizmos & hacks, science & technology, visualization | Leave a Comment
New Dense Zone Within The Earth’s Lower Mantle Proposed: “… research suggests that a section of the Earth’s brittle mantle about 620 to 1,365 miles (1,000 to 2,200 kilometers) deep actually is a ‘transitional zone’ where the rock turns into a strange, incredibly dense state.”
Drawing On Air With Haptics In 3D: “By putting on a virtual […]
Day 757: Go Pack Go!
Posted on September 24, 2007 - Filed Under football, wisconsin | 7 Comments
Wide grin on the wide receiver!
Favre Ties NFL Career Record For Touchdown Passes
Packers “Three-and-Oh!”
