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Big ups to Clive Thompson, of Slate fame. For the unitiated: WALTER : Way to go, Dude. If you will it, it is no dream. DUDE: You’re fucking twenty minutes late. What the fuck is that? WALTER: Theodore Herzel. DUDE: Huh? WALTER: State of Israel. If you will it, Dude, it is no– DUDE: What the fuck’re you talking about? The carrier. What’s in the fucking carrier? WALTER: Huh? Oh–Cynthia’s Pomeranian. Can’t leave him home alone or he eats the…

Wired News by Cyrus Farivar 02:00 AM Nov. 09, 2005 PT SAN FRANCISCO — Normally, automobiles in the parking lot of SBC Park remain more or less stationary. But this week, cars are communicating with each other, parallel parking themselves and employing automatic, radar-based braking. The 12th Annual World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, being held through Thursday, is showcasing some of the newest advances in automotive technology and offering glimpses at what the future might hold. Toyota displayed some…

Wikipedia on The Republic of Texas: The annexation resolution has been the topic of some incorrect historical beliefs—chiefly, that the resolution was a treaty between sovereign states, and granted Texas the explicit right to secede from the Union. This was a right argued by some to be implicitly held by all states at the time, and until the conclusion of the Civil War. However, no such right was explicitly enumerated in the resolution. The resolution did include two unique provisions:…

Second (and final) half of photos from Turkey. These include the 1,000 year old church-in-a-cave paintings, such as this one. Incredible.

Where’s my polling place? How different organizations/newspapers are endorsing their votes: IGS, UC Berkeley. Republicans: Yes on 73-78, No on 79-80 Democrats: No on 73-78, Yes on 79-80

Harper’s: Posted on Monday, November 7, 2005. All text is verbatim from senior Bush Administration officials and advisers. In places, tenses have been changed for clarity. Originally from Harper’s Magazine, October 2003. By Sam Smith. Sources Once again, we were defending both ourselves and the safety and survival of civilization itself. September 11 signaled the arrival of an entirely different era. We faced perils we had never thought about, perils we had never seen before. For decades, terrorists had waged…

And it’s nearly dark. I don’t like this fall hours thing. Also: I re-discovered the genius of Boddington’s last night at The Albatross. However, two pints worth put me to sleep really fast. I need to work on that.

Slate, in its infinite wisdom, has a great piece on Calvin and Hobbes, with a slideshow.

Anyone want to go with me? Homebrew Computer Club 30th Anniversary Retrospective: On March 5, 1975, a very special meeting took place at Gordon French’s garage in the then freshly named “Silicon Valley”. This was the first gathering of the “Homebrew Computer Club” (also called the Amateur Computer User’s Group). Now, this was no ordinary amateur group of folks but the very acorn of the great tree of the personal computing revolution to come. The hand-soldered microcomputer grew up to…