Schneier on Security: Harms of Post-9/11 Airline Security -
great thoughts. h/t to Natarajan on this.
A not so uncommon morning:
I wake up at 1:30am in an attempt to get work done in a quiet house, and catch up on what I didn’t manage to accomplish the day before. I crashed early as my brain was mush by 7:30pm.
At 2:00, our son (5 months old) wakes up wanting to be fed and needing his medicine. We spend some quality time hanging out in the steamy bathroom to help humidify the air in his lungs and aid his breathing. I drop him in his swing around 3:00, and after a bit of loud conversation, he’s asleep by 3:30.
At 5:15, our daughter (5 years old) wakes up. She wants to color in her coloring book at the table while I work, as she can’t sleep. She is about 1.25 hours early. After 10 minutes of getting her set up with color by numbers, she is now coloring and singing right beside me. Now, our son is starting to toss and turn…
At 5:35, I sit down to post this before making more coffee. I’m about 2 hours behind already. Yeah, and I’m still working on yesterday’s todo list. sigh
At 5:40, our daughter: “Daddy, I don’t want to color anymore. What can I do, Daddy? Look, my crayon box is broken .. oh no!”. I’m going to multitask on handling this crisis while making coffee…
I have a feeling today is going to be one of those “glorious” days.
Swedish magicians + 7 new iPads = One of the best presentations you will ever see
Matt Brian, thenextweb.comThe iPad allows us to do many things, whether it be to watch and interact with media, utilise hundreds of thousands of apps, browse the web, send email or simply play games.
People are continually finding new ways to use the iPad as a…
fun video.
‘A Test You Need to Fail’: A Teacher’s Open Letter to Her 8th Grade Students
by Ruth Ann Dandrea, commondreams.orgDear 8th Graders,
I didn’t know.
I spent last night perusing the 150-plus pages of grading materials provided by the state in anticipation of reading and evaluating your English Language Arts Exams this morning. I knew the test…
sad.
Top Dems urge focus on oil companies -
Alexander Burns, politico.com
Democrats have a “huge opportunity” to reclaim control of the debate over gas prices by training attention on the excesses of oil companies, two prominent party strategists argue in a memo obtained by POLITICO.
The document…
“The fact is domestic production is at an eight-year high, domestic demand for oil and oil products is down, and gas prices continue to rise. Meanwhile the big five oil companies earned a record $137 billion in profits in 2011,” Podesta and Garin write.
SpaceX shows off Dragon spacecraft’s interior
Sam Byford, theverge.comSpaceX has posted a look at the interior of its Dragon spacecraft. Dragon was the first commercial spacecraft ever to return from orbit, and if all goes to plan will dock with the International Space Station for the first time on an…
It’s About Immigrants, Not Irishnesss - NYTimes.com -
me like.
Militarizing Your Backyard with Python: Computer Vision and the Squirrel Hordes -
heh.
Comparisons…
