The Oatmeal on Piracy This needs reading by everyone. Cutting the supply of media to people is not creating more money, it is creating new avenues for content to get to people for free. The growing popularity of podcasts and internet TV channels are a direct result of the democratization of media. My advice to [...]

A battery breakthrough that could bring electric cars to the masses Katie Fehrenbacher  A startup working on battery technology says it’s developed a key breakthrough that could one day lead to an electric car that has a 300-mile range and could cost around $25,000 to $30,000. I swear, if I didn’t have a cottage that required [...]

The G.O.P.’s Fuzzy Delegate Math By Nate Silver It’s possible, in fact, that the candidate who wins the popular vote in Michigan will take away fewer delegates from the state. Most of the state’s delegates are appointed based on results at the Congressional district level, so a candidate who dominated in a few Congressional districts while [...]

Well, it was fun while it lasted. I just deleted my Google+ account.

WikiLeaks suspect Manning defers plea, court-martial begins by Lily Kuo In Thursday’s procedure, Manning, 24, was formally charged with 22 counts including aiding the enemy, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the Internet and theft of public property. I may be new at this but when does copying public property become theft? The originals are [...]

Even a small man can cast a great shadow.

People who grew up with typewriters or ink and parchment don’t know the absolute joy of waiting until your paper is fully written, THEN setting the paper to double spaced.

How Much Would it Cost to build the Death Star? Oh, and the cost of the steel alone? At 2012 prices, about $8,100,000,000,000,000. Or roughly 13,000 times the worlds GDP. But then again, you can just take out a loan from the entire planet and then default on them in the most awesome way possible. [...]

The song should be retired after Prince’s performance.