Ben Folds

He is the best musician around today, in my estimation.  I find myself referring to the complicated and meaningful memes that he weaves into his music frequently.  His piano talent is unmatched in todays popular music scene — except for the mighty Vanessa Carlton.  Ha.

Here is a video that looks more like a home movie of his 3 year old [...]

Horoscope

My horoscope for this week, thanks to The Onion:

Cancer: (June 22—July 22)
It’s true that secret agents have crossed international borders with microfilm hidden in their colons, but you should’ve known better than to try it with three liters of [...]

The Gates

Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s Daily Show has provided a critique of “The Gates“, which is a 21 million dollar art installation in Central Park.

“The gates is a triumph of contemporary installation art, each gate redefining it’s section of the park as not a public place for private reflection, but a private place for public reflection, juxtaposed [...]

Adware, Spyware and the Manchurian Surfer

Adware and Spyware might be the two most frightening developments in technology yet.  Worse than viruses, which are obvious and easy to spot.  Adware infects your machine and subtly releases pop up ads designed to look like they are coming from the Website you happen to be surfing.

So they’re influencing your behavior against your will, without you knowing [...]

Sprawl Attacks America, Defeats Urban Planners

Futurist Joel Kotkin, a fellow of the New America Foundation, wrote a column for the Washington Post titled “Rule Suburbia,” declaring that the land-use debate is now over and suburban sprawl is the undisputed winner.

“Once we acknowledge this reality, we can turn to the task of making the best of it.” Kotkin wrote.

He makes a good point.  [...]

Kyoto

The Kyoto Protocol took effect today.  One small step toward the reforms that are needed to avoid disaster in the coming decades.

From the Associated Press:

“We have been calling on the United States to join. But the country that is the world’s biggest emitter has not joined yet, and that is regrettable,” Japan’s top [...]