Letter Never Sent

Rumor: Cheney to Resign; Rice as V.P. 2008, the year of the XX chromosome? “Some observers are whispering that the driving force behind the Rice-for-Cheney scenario is political pundit Dick Morris’ new book “Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race.” In the book, Morris and co-author Eileen McGann warn that Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the U.S., unless she can be stopped.”

NBA Institutes Dress Code “”When you are selling a sport overwhelmingly populated by young black males to an older white audience, the reality is that impressions, first or otherwise, often determine your product’s success,” Smith wrote. ” … Indeed, there’s a racial element here. But since there are 60-year-old black parents and grandparents just as appalled by some players’ attire, there is a generational element too,” he added. “

How the snail cross the ‘bridge’ Looks like it rests the shell on one side of the divide, stretches the anterior end to the other side then pulls the shell and tail across. Via

Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes

Recent example of “open source warfare” “He revealed that one trigger used in a recent Iraqi bombing was a three-way device, combining a command wire, a radio signal and an infra-red beam – a technique perfected by the IRA.” I’m curious how infrared signalling can be jammed since it is directional, unlike radio. Via

Bittorrent: The Great Disrupter “I didn’t have any clear plans when I first started,” he says. “I wasn’t worried, partially because what I was doing was really cool, and partially because I’m broken and can’t feel anxiety.”

Spielberg teams up with EA. “The acclaimed film director and producer has agreed to develop three new games under a long-term exclusive deal with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. The deal to be announced Friday reflects the increasingly intertwined interests of Hollywood and the video game industry.” Looks like the LA studio is finally showing its value, ie. close relationships with Hollywood. Courtesy of linkbunnies.

Hanlon’s Razor “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Courtesy of Jeremy Zawodny’s linkblog. Paranoid types should bear this in mind.

I noticed an unknown (to me) salacious rap euphemism while driving around today: “beat it up” For example lyrics: petey pablo, Young Jeezy (NSFW), Pretty Ricky, OutKast,
David Banner (NSFW), Missy Elliot (NSFW), Ying Yang Twins, 2Pac (NSFW).

The Lorem Ipsum generator. Generate the traditional dummy text. “Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.”

THE NAMES OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET ACCORDING TO THE ETYMOLOGICAL BACKGROUNDS OF THEIR FIRST AND LAST NAMES, AND OF THEIR MIDDLE NAMES WHEN AVAILABLE.*

Pizazz. If you’ve been to the Alamo Drafthouse recently, you’ve probably seen this. Quicktime.

Astroventure lets you Search, Design, and Build your very own planet…then test if it can support life! Courtesy of digg.

Bittorrent supernova.org clone for those that miss that format. New nova. Warning: piratical (piradical?) link ahoy.

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret Disorganized twenty-something writer interviews a very
patient Margaret Atwood. “I’m now the home for other people. That’s how it works.”