Another satellite

Google adds a link to satellite imagery to its mapping site.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Moon dust is, apparently, hell of nasty.

Just a Reminder

We're all going to hell.

A British View of the Schiavo Case

Surprisingly optimistic about how rational 70% of America was about not wanting politicians to interfere in the case.

I Am a Fraud

Our site hits are going through the roof. Unfortunately, it looks like mostly bogus traffic. A majority of the 60 something hits we've gotten today are from either blogpot's "Next Blog" "feature" or from international and US Google image searches -- which I don't understand in the least. We don't even have any of our own images on this blog -- they're all links to images hosted elsewhere.

Google owns blogger; I don't know if they're doing anything funky to artificially inflate user stats, but I don't see any reason for all the spurious traffic. Any other bloggers out there seeing the same thing? Anyone know what's going on?

Smithsonian Selling MP3s

Pretty cool. Being a government agency, shouldn't it be cheaper than the Apple store, though? Seeing as we've paid for the gathering of this music with our tax dollars already.....

Welcome to The World

You know that adage about investing in real estate because they ain't making any more of it? Not exactly true.

Pulitzers Announced

Dullard Gazette, in a continuation of the persecution by mainstream awards bodies [MAB], shut out once again.

I've met the guy who won the music Pulitzer. Nice guy, good composer, but unfortunately his piece has now been all but destined for obscurity, as this list of previous winners can attest. How many can you hum? If you're somewhat cultured, probably just the one, Appalachian Spring. If you have a music degree, you might know half those names; the staggering list of 20th-century greats not on that list is the real kicker, though: Webern, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Weil, Gershwin, Mingus, Cage. I know music isn't about competition, but if Wynton Marsalis gets one and Walter Piston merits two, fer chrissakes....

Possible Ione Skye sighting

Was that her on tonight's "Arrested Development"?

Lestat!

Elton John to write goth musical; Trent Reznor seen consoling Robert Smith.

Dude, You're Getting a Ferrari!

You can get a "fully loaded" Ferrari for just 2 large! Unfortunately, it runs Windows XP.

Pamela Anderson is ... "Stacked!"

Yeah, that really is the name of her new sitcom on Fox. (Except for the exclamation mark.)

The former "Baywatch" star plays a party girl turned bookshop employee. Christopher Lloyd of "Taxi" and "Back to the Future" plays a zany customer, presumably the Kramer of the cast.

The hilarity ensues April 13, and "Stacked!" will air the same night as the aforementioned "Life on a Stick."

Set your TiVO on stun!

Need a Cab in Silicon Valley?

Here they are.

Comedian Dead at 37

Mitch Hedberg was a very funny comedian. Kind of an odd thing to read that a guy 2 days younger than you died of a heart attack.

R.I.P., Mitch.