Optimus Prime on no-fly list

Things just get dumber and dumber. At least it’s not in the U.S. this time. Sorry, sir, cartoon characters may not carry their BFGs onboard.
(Seen on BoingBoing.)

Chertoff downplays nuke threat…and media reports it

After my last post slamming the media, why not throw them a bone. Here’s a less than sensational news story from AP on DHS Secretary Chertoff’s remarks yesterday concerning nuclear terrorism. This is in the wake of that AQ fan video calling for WMD terrorism that caused a minor hubbub last week.
The Washington-based [...]

About that miracle cure you heard about on the morning show

Yeah, well it’s probably not, and if it is, it’ll be another 15 years before anyone gets it. So far, it’s only been tested on mice genetically modified to demonstrate a reaction to it, or worse, it’s vaporware (i.e., only been demonstrated in a computer model, if at all).
Ever get a little tired of [...]

Andromeda Strain: ye gods, why?

I DVR’d A&E’s remake of the Andromeda Strain because a friend told me it was great. Confirming, once again, that he is utterly insane. But enough about my friends’ mental states. I prefer to think of them as “quirky.” So anyway, I just watched it (saved a lot of time with [...]

Not that we enjoy it, but we can suffer fools

Memorial Day weekend around the BGG’s Lair is pretty laid back. No parties, BBQs, and so on. Some friends will be visiting the military cemeteries, paying respects. Me, I just take a moment to remember those gone before, some military and some just family members. I’ll avoid the masses in D.C.
I was [...]

Research tooltip: Zotero

Just a quick tip here. For those of you who do any sort of online research, I highly recommend Zotero as the most useful, FREE source organization tool I’ve found. It builds bibliographies in any format you like, saves files, links, notes, and tags, and really speeds up your research.
Zotero is an open [...]

Fringe

As my pal Doc would say, I’m all tits-a-flutter. What’s up with Fringe? Will it be the new X-Files? Gods, I hope so.  Since BSG is about to end, I’m going to need a new fix of weird entertainment ASAP.  Although I did just discover Robot Chicken.

That’s nice, but you still can’t have my DNA

Wired Science reports that our Dear Leader signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) law today. Theoretically, you now can’t be denied a job or insurance based on the titillating secrets hiding within your DNA. I’m sure there will be plenty of creative ways around that within 10 years or so. Further,
“GINA’s not [...]