If the world does end May 21 can we agree to not play Pixies “Where Is My Mind” for our last song? I know it’s a good song, but it’s cliché. (via @juliasegal) Of course, May 21 isn’t the end of the world; it’s Judgment Day. We wouldn’t play the Pixies until October 21. Still her …
Muslim creationists tour France denouncing Darwin (Reuters): “We didn’t descend from the apes,” lecturer Ali Sadun told the giggling youngsters. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, he said, was “the scientific basis to defend atheism… People who defend evolution can’t accept the existence of a Creator.” Why can’t they imagine that their god created the world …
Newt Gingrich recently called Obama “the most successful food stamp president in modern American history” (Newt Gingrich In Georgia). I’m not sure what exactly he meant by that (the article didn’t expand on it, or perhaps he didn’t in his speech, either) but a recent article listed the 10 states that rely the most on …
Every iPad owner has their own list of “must have” apps — any such list is purely individual and none is perfect (except for the list’s creator). But since a few of my friends have new iPads, rather than email my recommended apps, I’ll just list them here: Reeder I recently wrote a post on …
I’ve always been a fan of the “odd” pitchers in baseball, namely the sidearmers (especially the submarine types) and knuckleballers. Even as a kid in my little league days, I have distinct memories of watching guys like Dan Quisenberry and Kent Tekulve over your “boring” power pitchers. Anyway, I’ve been a big fan of Tim …
I’m getting real sick of seeing Christmas photos in my Flickr account (which, in turn, show on the photos page and in the footer here. Since this is a great time of year for gardeners — seeing old plants coming back to life, working on new garden plans — I figured I’d take this opportunity …
Well, as a “sedentary person” who is finally (now that the snow and cold weather is gone) getting out and walking again, I was happy to read What’s the Best Exercise? (NY Times): [I]n general, a sedentary person’s risk of dying prematurely from any cause plummeted by nearly 20 percent if he or she began brisk …
I use the Share on Facebook bookmarklet a lot to share links with people, not because I love Facebook but because it’s a lot easier than copying the link, switching to email, creating a new email, pasting the link, and typing the page title. But a friend suggested that it might not be be best …
I’m not really plugged in to the world of new music anymore: I’m old and follow the bands I like. Occasionally I “discover” a new band (usually after The Kids have already decided they suck) but I have a hard enough time keeping up with “my” bands. Anyway, today I got a three-fer with new music …
I hastily set up kieranchapman.net back in 2000 in part to help my job search, and since then I have done one minor design update. After 11 years of pretty much the same design, an update to my site was long overdue. I’ve been thinking about it for years but never got around to it because …