CNN has this ridiculous essay up on its site today about our response to terrorism. There is actually little substance to it, and oddly features a big picture of The Who in concert. Why? They sang…
Timothy McSweeney, after whom the McSweeney’s literary magazine and web site are named, died late last month.
As a young man, Timothy was an artist of tremendous talent. The canvases he leaves…
Petty bribery is common in India, but the introduction of a zero rupee banknote has given some would-be bribers pause.
One such story was our earlier case about the old lady and her troubles…
An experiment to detect gravitational waves may indicate that our universe is a holographic projection.
If this doesn’t blow your socks off, then Hogan, who has just been appointed director of…
Foodprint is not your typical NYC food gathering. From Edible Geography:
The free afternoon program will consist of four panel discussions: “Zoning Diet,” about the hidden corsetry of policy,…
Mathematician Steven Strogatz is doing what sounds like a fascinating series of posts on mathematics for adults. From the initial post:
I’ll be writing about the elements of mathematics, from…
This sums up my feelings about Foursquare/Gowalla/etc fairly well.
Bicycle Messengers of the 1890’s or Early 1900’s
New release of Notational Velocity syncs with SimpleNote
Justin August is a 28 year old aspiring educator. He also dabbles in web wizardry and music journalism at Punknews. Also a proponent of gardens (urban and rural), bikes and the disenfranchised. He's been known to build a house or two. He's from West Virginia, and lives in Philadelphia after stints in Oakland, San Francisco and those months of winter on the Jersey Shore.
He has the cutest catS in the world.
