We’ve all played them. You voted, and you decided that Pac Man was the best classic video game. Here you go. This is a pretty good flash clone of Pac Man. Close runners-up included Donkey Kong and Asteroids. Please try… Continue Reading
That’s right. The Wife and I risked the happiness of our marriage once again and pulled out the Scrabble set last night and played again for breakfast again this morning. For two games, I was all over it. 7-letter words,… Continue Reading
We need to get that willow tree in the back yard trimmed. I’m sure not going to do it. So today a guy came by looking for work trimming trees, and offered a free estimate. I thought, “how serendipitous” and… Continue Reading
To say that the Chinese government has not been a good custodian of the environment is an understatement. The number of ways that the centrally-planned, socialist economy in the PRC has caused environmental devastation on a scale unprecedented in the… Continue Reading
Unfortunately, this sort of thing is almost inevitably going to happen again. It’s not clear whether this guy wanted to kill Obama based solely on race or whether he was simply a whackadoodle since he apparently also wanted to off… Continue Reading
The iPhone is a status symbol. There is no particular need for it. It’s cool, it’s fun, it looks good, it is apparently an all-around awesome toy. And it impresses people when you show it off. But you don’t need… Continue Reading
Yesterday, a friend suggested to me that there may be an objective, valid, non-religious argument in favor of a ban on same-sex marriage. He doesn’t actually believe this himself, but he figured that it was a reasonable enough argument. It… Continue Reading
It’s not real. But it’s not all that hard to imagine that it is.
Two big items of news today: Russia, a international military power with nuclear weapons at its disposal, went to war with its neighbor, Georgia, a candidate for NATO membership, in a fierce border conflict fueled by ethnic tensions. Russian tanks… Continue Reading
On today, the day of the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, the People’s Republic China will do its very best to give the rest of the world a look at China and see something admirable. If only the leaders of… Continue Reading