Potpourri on a lazy Friday night

WARNING! POLITICS!

1. McCain Ad Is Valentine to Obama on Big Day – Well, at first, I was impressed that the McCain camp were gracious enough not to get all political on the day of Obama’s big speech — and, in fact, were congratulatory towards it. Then I read M.S. Bellows, Jr.: Crazy McCain Flip Flops In Response… and realized that not everyone in the McCain campaign got the message.
2. McCain Veep meltdown – he’s unqualified to serve – Is Palin as bad as all that? The more I read — pro-life, anti-gay, Young Earth Creationist … it does make me wonder. And Battered Base Syndrome makes me think that it might have been a serious strategic error beyond the obvious. We’ll seen.
3. Obama’s Posse Heads Out For The Weekend [Party Unity… – Okay, it’s just plain fun.
4. Watch politicians age – It’s hard to actually detect any aging in the series of photos … but it’s sort of mesmerizing to watch.

WHEW! POLITICS-FREE ZONE!

1. Stardock proposes a “Gamer’s Bill of Rights” at PAX. – It’s inconceivable that this would get any significant traction, but it does enumerate some very legitimate gripes that gamers have toward a lot of gaming companies.
2. Comcast limits customers to 250 gigs a month – I have no idea how much bandwidth I use, or how to find out. Hrm.
3. The English language in 3000 AD – Wildly speculative, and fascinating for all of that.
4. Photoblog devoted to century-old piccies – I love a lot of these photo sites. Beautiful Photography is focused on Siberian wooden houses. Bridges shows … well, some amazingly keen bridges.
5. Fighting Zombies – I will give $500 to any accredited major network (cable or broadcast) journalist who asks Obama or McCain how the US armed forces would deal with a zombie outbreak.
6. Your genes are not yours to know about – Thank goodness that the government, and doctors, know best.
7. Plane evacuations – I always check out the closest exits. But I suspect I would be a bad evacuee and bring my notebook with me.
8. What If the Kindle Succeeds? | Electronic Frontier… -The concerns raised in the article are why I haven’t gotten a Kindle. But that said, I think the day is finally getting closer.