Will and Aimee have a striking conversation in today's episode of Octopus Pie: "But isn't that just a dangling carrot? Nobody back home sees anything new in me. They just think I'm jaded." "Why's it important for them to see a change?" "I dunno...so I don't feel like I'm crazy?" "Then you'll be chasing that [...]

Earlier this year, Pinterest started seeing the need for better rights management of the work that was being shared on their site. Flickr (and a number of other sites) had responded to public outcry by disallowing the sharing of Flickr images based on the licensing the photographer had set on upload (copyright vs different flavors [...]

As I announced earlier this month, I have finally found a political organization that I can stand with. Jews For the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. Three primary goals drive the Wisconsin-based human-rights group Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO): Destroy so-called “gun control” (code words for disarming innocent people). Expose the misguided notions [...]

If you're wishing for too much rain, thinking that it is is better than no rain, look no further than the five years of famine starting in 1315: "Beginning in 1315, the weather was so rainy that most grains sown in the ground suffered root rot, if they geminated at all. In addition, the lack [...]

The largest piece of space news was the press release of Planetary Resources and their mission plan detailed on their website. There are near-limitless numbers of asteroids and more being discovered every year. More than 1,500 are as easy to reach as the Moon and are in similar orbits as Earth. Asteroids are filled with [...]

Roger Ebert writes as he adds Terrence Malick's Tree of Life to his list of greatest films of all time, I believe it's an important film, and will only increase in stature over the years. In his original review, he wrote, Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" is a film of vast ambition and deep [...]

fun. now needs no introduction. We Are Young, the Billboard Top Hit / Number One single from Some Nights, has pulled Nate Ruess into the stardom level I suspect he hoped to achieve with the album. Early on, I predicted that I'd want a Ben Folds-esq 'Stems and Seeds' style release of Some Nights, and [...]

Anton Peck is running a kickstarter for GATHER: GATHER. (a working title) is a story of a robot with very unusual human-like qualities who finds himself rebooted in an unknown location with no memory of where he has been. At his side is a small furry companion that seems dedicated to him completely with an [...]