to all of you who left pittsburgh...
"I couldn't agree with you more than the fact that Western Pennsylvania is the most patriotic, most God-loving, most patriotic part of America."
-John McCain
I played 7 out of 10 of the most influential educational video games of the 1980s. I don't even know what educational video games are out there now.
Audience from Chris O'Shea on Vimeo.
Also, given that the Obama campaign is truly flush with cash, folks might be interested in donating to the No on Prop 8 campaign to preserve equal rights in the state of California. Or any of the competitive Congressional races around the country with strong progressive candidates.
Minilogue - Animals from ljudbilden on Vimeo.
Also, since reading this interview a few months back, I have started buying canned sardines.
"Big fish like tuna, swordfish, shark -- these are traditionally middle-of-the-plate proteins in the world's best restaurants, and they're actually a lot of the riskiest ones in terms of having things like mercury and, in the case of salmon, persistent organic pollutants. If you really want to do some good for the oceans, start exploring the pelagic fish -- whiting, for example; the schooling fish like sardines and anchovies; things that we don't even really cook right now but are quite popular in other countries."
If anyone else is interested, I have found a bunch of good sardine reviews and links in this chowhound thread.
astronomy picture of the day: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
(this one is my background, currently. it's probably also the background pic for thousands of other people as it was on neatorama.)
http://www.artfromcode.com/
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So a canvasser goes to a woman's door in Washington, Pennsylvania. Knocks. Woman answers. Knocker asks who she's planning to vote for. She isn't sure, has to ask her husband who she's voting for. Husband is off in another room watching some game. Canvasser hears him yell back, "We're votin' for the n***er!"Woman turns back to canvasser, and says brightly and matter of factly: "We're voting for the n***er." [link]
also, want to highlight this:
Over in Indiana, PA and Northern Cambria, PA, volunteers fielded complaints of a massive wave of ugly robocalls both paid for by John McCain's campaign and those paid for by third parties. The third party call was interactive, and purported to be from Barack Obama himself. The call starts out reasonably, and then "Obama" asks what the listener thinks is the most important issue. Whatever the response, "Obama" then launches into a profane and crazed tirade using "n***er" and other shock language.
If folks wanted to start trimming the federal budget, I start with the TSA before I'd cut earmarks. Planetariums, bears, and bridges are all awesome.