Intellectual Firepower

TED 2010 is happening this weekend. The theme is What The World Needs Now.

If you like powerful ideas presented with artistry and passion, go explore.

From About TED:

...the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers ... are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

Making A Living

I haven't missed a day posting since I started at this last April. But I missed today. That's because real live paying, you know, work is elbowing in on my daily blogging time. Make hay while the sun shines and all that. So I'll post when I can, for the time being, hoping to get back to daily posting when things settle down.

A Three-Legged Bear

What's more, she (I think she is a she because of the cub) walks upright on her hind legs. The video tells the tale. I hope those flies are fake, though.

Shackleton's Whiskey Stash Found In Antarctica

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton was one of the most famous Antarctic explorers of all time. Via Tonic.com:

During his expedition to Antarctica aboard the Endurance, he and his crew abandoned their sinking ship to camp on the floating polar ice for two months. It is a heroic tale of survival, as no lives were lost before their rescue in 1916.

And now, something else has been found from Shackleton's adventures: five cases of 100-year old Scotch whiskey and two cases of equally aged brandy.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

The historic snow continues to fall on most of the eastern US.

Senator Jim DeMint Tweets:

It's going to keep snowing in DC until Al Gore cries "uncle".

In that case, I hope they get the snowplows fixed.

Green Police!

I didn't see the Superbowl, so I missed this Audi ad. Until today.



 
UPDATE: From the LA Times' Jonah Goldberg:

It will be interesting to see whether the ad actually sells cars. The premise only works if you take it as a given that this Gorewellian nightmare is inevitable.

An Interview With Andrew Breitbart

Here is an conversation recorded this past weekend between two of the most influential Americans on the Internet today. Instapundit Glenn Reynolds talks with new media journalist and Internet entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart.

They talk at length about the Tea Party movement and much that is wrong with traditional political and media narratives in the US today. They are also joined by Reynold's wife, Dr. Helen Smith.

It's a great interview with much political and journalistic food for though. Watch the whole thing at PJTV.

Guess What This Does...

Thanks to the indispensable Hemmings Auto Blogs, this:

Look closely at the toy Microbus and, without clicking through to Big Blue’s Online Carburetor blog, tell us what it does. Hint: It’s not a transistor radio.

And its wow and flutter specs are what you would expect from a VW Microbus, which is to say, zero. The video made me laugh out loud and cringe at the same time.

Breitbart Excoriates Main Stream Media

At yesterday's Tea Party convention in Nashville, Andrew Breitbart (founder of BigGovernment, BigHollywood and lately BigJournalism) had this to say to the dozens of main stream media reporters in the back of the hall:

"It's not your business model that sucks, it's you that sucks"

 

The IPCC Still Has Some Credibility To Lose?

Who knew. From The Times:

A leading British government scientist has warned the United Nations’ climate panel to tackle its blunders or lose all credibility.