All Blog Posts (Page 31)

Jan 10, 2009
Politics

Hey Norm, want some cheese with your whine?

Somebody should stop by Surdyk’s and pick up a nice gouda or brie for Norm. From TPM: Norm Coleman is complaining that the Senate's decision to close his offices after his term expired -- leaving the seat vacant while Coleman challenges the electi...

Jan 10, 2009
Photography

Six month exposure

OK, this is pretty wild. It’s a six month long exposure. How cool is that? You can see more on the photographer’s website, and even buy signed prints for all of $75-$130.

Winter Solstice Fire Festival Part 1

I went to the Winter Solstice Fire Festival at the Seattle Center this afternoon. It was delayed by a few weeks due to ice, snow, rain, floods, and all of the other nigh-on-Biblical tribulations we heathen-esque Seattleites have suffered over the ...

Announcing the NYTimes Congress API

The initial release exposes four types of data: a list of members for a given Congress and chamber, details of a specific roll-call vote, biographical and role information about a specific member of Congress, and a member’s most recent positions o...

Jan 08, 2009
Media

Coraline

Looks super-cool. Check out the trailer: You can also pick up the original Neil Gaiman graphic novel from Amazon.

Jan 08, 2009
Miscellaneous

With you always

A few questions regarding this linked image from jesus-withyoualways.com. why does Jesus have a nasty little pencil moustache? why does this girl look like some sort of slug monster? why does Jesus look like he's offering this little slug mons...