How does Google provide advertisements for its subscribers? In theory, it works the way that Brin and Page designed Google — it’s supposed to figure out what everyone looks for with certain queries and guide you to the most popular… Continue Reading
No bell-bottom sightings at this time, but I’m starting to see more similarities than differences. Consider: The dollar is weak. Monopoly-money weak. We’re in a lingering, indecisive, expensive, and still-dangerous tail end of a protracted foreign war, in which the… Continue Reading
Some people are asking, in the wake of Obama’s “elitist” comments, whether they are elites themselves. There must be some kind of a test. Outside The Beltway offers some criteria, and they’re right as far as they go. Let me… Continue Reading
Damanhur is a complex of “temples” built in secret over the past thirty years, undernearth a hill near Turin, Italy. The artwork in them is extraordinary. It seems a little garish, at first, but a closer look also suggests some… Continue Reading
A trailer for a movie to be released in January, Cloverfield, looked pretty good. I didn’t recognize any of the actors and it looks like a tense, fun action movie. Then I found out that this website is viral marketing… Continue Reading
I had my reservations about sharing this story. But a partner in the firm assured me that the story was just too good to pass up. Names and addresses and other identifying information have, of course, been altered. My client… Continue Reading
A mysterious object fell in rural Peru; many think it’s a meteor and a crew is on its way to verify that. And it seems to be making people quite sick. This is the sort of thing you read about… Continue Reading
Longtime readers know that I am not a believer in the supernatural and critical of religion. I must restrain myself from cheering on other critics of religion from time to time, but today it was easier than in other circumstances… Continue Reading
Didn’t I just take a vacation? How come I’m so stressed out? I’ve had what feels like an unusually stressful week. Couple of weeks. Work has been at what often feels like a frantic pace. I’ve bowed to necessity and… Continue Reading
We slept in this morning but after getting breakfast and preparing for the day, The Wife and I found ourselves with several hours to pass before the first wedding event of the weekend we will attend. So we drove around… Continue Reading