Leo con desconcierto la sorpresa ante la maravilla increíble, o quizá mejor, la acusación implícita que el diario El País hace al dar noticia del embarazo de Bristol Palin, de 17 años, hija de Sarah Palin, candidata a la Vicepresidencia Usa. Dice así el titular, más acusador y más farisaico-escandalizado que sorprendido: La hija de 17 años de Sarah Palin, embarazada. Yo creía que el periódico estaba -al menos- al...

Cemetery Screenings, one of the best things to do in Los Angeles on a summer Saturday night is nearing the end of its 6th season. The Hollywood Forever Cemetery is a beautiful stretch of grass and graves, with lush trees, impressive timeworn mausoleums and a gorgeous reflecting pool. It’s dubbed “The Resting Place of Hollywood Immortals” and is home to the remains of of Cecil B. DeMille, Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone, Jayne Mansfield, Rudolph ...

In the spirit of a thousand "Don't taze me, bro!" remixes, Wired Science is proud to announce the "Drill, baby, drill!" remix contest. The phrase was coined by Republican operative Michael Steele on Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention, and -- in perhaps the convention's only spontaneous development -- chanted during the speeches of Rudy Giuliani and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. As the governor of Alaska, Palin has supported drilling for oil in ...

Just over a month ago we posted an entry on a car that was pedal powered. Turns out the cops were not happy with the combustion free vehicle and ticketed the driver for safety reasons. Michel de Broin, who created the bike car as a piece of art ended up the winner in the case as it was dismissed by the judge. The news story can be found on the TheStar.com web site and de ...

Last week I posted an article about helmet covers. We got a couple of great comments on the post and I followed up with “bibliogrrl” who had commented that her helmet has horns. Sure enough, it does as this picture makes clear. Great sticker by the way too! Not only does her helmet have steeze, she is carting around flowers on her bike. Now if that does not make you feel all warm and fuzzy ...

Typical — you wait years for a social network for gamers, then two roll up at once. Yesterday we had Dennis Fong's Raptr but this fine evening/afternoon/morning (delete as appropriate) we shall be looking at Vigster. While Raptr was all about sharing your game scores and profiles from different networks (LIVE, PSN, Steam, etc.) Vigster has a more modest aim - a virtual games shelf, like a gamer's version of book lover's sites like Shelfari ...

Autumn is upon us, so I’m busting out all of my favorite fall records. First up: anything and everything Jill Tracy has ever touched with her long, thin, alabaster hands. As can be plainly seen from this gorgeous music video for “Haunted by the Thought of You”, Madame Tracy is one classy dame. Cool as a cucumber. Who else do I know who could maintain such an unflappable air of poise and elegance as reanimated ...

Unsworn IndustriesIf you've ever had a burning desire to have your voice projected through a megaphone in Norway, today is your last chance.This summer, a group of artists erected a 23-foot-tall, wind-powered "telemegaphone" on top of a mountain in western Norway that overlooks the village of Dale and a scenic fjord. Dial 47 90 369389, and your voice will be projected through the telemegaphone and across the scenic Nordic landscape. Sing, yell, yodel, pontificate. Better ...

http://sarahpalin... Sarah Palin's (who, if you haven't heard yet, is a "Hockey Mom") Blog NB. I love satire... congrats to whoever got in quick and registered the typepad name! Technorati Tags: Blogging: Culture: Humour: News

Game site Edge Online has a round-up on the game views of the presidential candidates. While certainly there are bigger issues at hand during this elections, Edge's write-up is, at the very least, sums up what the candidates have said (or not said) about video games. Hit the link below to read thru. Who is the Gamer’s Candidate? [EDGE via Go Nintendo]

Reading a report of Mark Driscoll speaking about what is wrong with the Australian Church (er... logs and splinters!) to the Sydney Anglicans (thanks to Gordon Cheng for the transcript)... Driscoll spouts more rubbish, but different rubbish this time... 2. Your culture struggles with a lack of entrepreneurialism. 2 things are wrong here. One is socialism. The other is the influence of Great Britain. They are the main migrant group in Australia, they are not ...

Sometimes Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, Orkut and OpenSocial just aren't enough. Too much real world stuff, not enough gamerscore bragging. Enter Raptr - a new social network for gamers founded by Dennis 'Thresh' Fong (he had to do something with all that prize money) that offers a way of tracking your friends and sharing what you are in to on several popular games networks. Once you have signed in and chosen a nick, you can enter ...

I’ve decided that Mikhaela Maricich, who records under the moniker The Blow, is a female Reihan. For one thing, our dance sensibilities are identical. This song, incidentally, is rad. I really, really want to cut an album. There is no way I’ll ever make music this good, but if I start early enough, I might get halfway there. Something to live for! I’m intrigued by this notion that we all have doppelgangers. I’ve met a ...

Go look up the term rootkit on Wikipedia. (Go ahead, I’ll wait.) Lovely entry, isn’t it? Lots of information. Trouble is, there’s lots of misinformation, too. A rootkit is *not* “a program … designed to take fundamental [or] … `root’ access” for a system. It’s designed to *keep* that access, once you broken into the system and grabbed it. (And rootkits were around before 1990, etc, but we’ll let that go for the moment.) Or, ...

Just when you thought that McDonald’s and Burger King’s burgers were the ultimate in unhealthiness, these things appear to prove you wrong: Yes folks, these are cheeseburgers in which the buns have been replaced by Krispy Kreme donuts. This was apparently served for lunch at Google NYC’s cafeteria to celebrate the birthday of the head of the cafe staff. Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go empty the content of my stomach. [Via ...

Michael Hann needs help decifering who the best Maestro actually is

It’s all about the spin. I remember back in the early 90’s when medical reports encouraged people to eat less red meat for their health we started seeing the “Beef. It’s What for Dinner” ads. PR to convince us to buy more stuff that isn’t good for us. Well as more people are realizing the dangers and ubiquitous nature of High Fructose Corn Syrup, the Corn Refiners Association has jumped into full PR spin mode. ...

Performer M.I.A., as many know, has an unexpected pop hit on her hands with “Paper Planes,” released last year on her CD Kala, but used in the trailer to the film Pineapple Express, which turned it into mall fodder. In case you missed it: Racialicious offers up an insightful critique on M.I.A. and her presumed politics, which a lot of progressive types have ascribed to be radical (in a positive way). An excerpt: That said, ...

它来自江湖 文：约翰·席拉库萨 原载 Ars Technica，原文在此 今天下午我一直在推谷歌新出的浏览器 Chrome。谷歌之前放出了一部很精彩的漫画，用以解释 Chrome 背后的技术理念和开发动机，看过之后我预料他们做出来的东西一定会很有意思。实际的产品没有让我失望。 此刻我之所以兴奋，主要不是因为这个产品本身，而是因为其背后的方法理念。谷歌的初衷不只是要改进现有的网页浏览器——他们是想从最基本的原则开始重构网页浏览器。 之前的两个成功的浏览器在用户介面上都采取了极简主义态度。和更早的产品比，它们主要是在做减法而非加法。Firefox 是带着一切从简的原则从体态臃肿、日益复杂的 Mozilla 浏览器的残骸中浴火重生的。Safari 的用户介面则比 Firefox 更加苗条优雅。这两款浏览器在从 1.0 向 3.0 过渡时，不但在每个新版本中实现了不少改进，同时也都尽力保持了身材。 就后台而言，两个项目都很成功。无论是对网页标准的支持还是转译页面的速度，Gecko 和 WebKit 这两个转译引擎都是一等一的高手。WebKit 的成功更是令它获得了谷歌的青睐，将其用在了 Chrome 当中。 但就用户介面而言，Firefox 和 Safari 一直都在挣扎：如何平衡不断添加新功能的欲望和对简约性的追求——毕竟后者正是它们的成功秘诀之一。随着版本号一步步跳进，这种压力是在所难免的。这一问题究竟应该如何面对？ Chrome 告诉我们：在谷歌看来，Safari 和 Firefox 的减法做得还不够。举例来说，Safari 的书签菜单里没有分隔符，这在刚推出时是十分大胆的一则减法。说它大胆，是因为这个设计自万维网肇始之初就存在于每一款流行的浏览器中，少了它的浏览器给许多人带来了困扰——包括我。 谷歌在设计 Chrome 时的想法不同。他们并非简单地将现有的浏览器拿来然后去除功能，而是把一切推倒重来。谁说一定要菜单分隔符，谁说一定要书签菜单：谁说一定要菜单栏来着？从零开始。先入不为主。发现自己需要什么功能才往里面加，而且这个功能一定要服从于一个完美的整体设计理念（留待下文详述）。 这就是 Chrome 最令人兴奋的地方：不是因为谷歌新加的某几个功能，不是用户介面上那些一望可知的部分——比如标签页置顶。所有这些都尚有待市场来测试、检验。Chrome 最令人兴奋的地方，是它的设计理念，它背后的哲学，它展现出来的那种毫无顾忌的胆识……那是一种美。 正因如此，今天早些时候我才说 Chrome 是在「催给 Safari 做介面的那些人起床」。倒不是说 Chrome 有某个功能特别棒，或是它的所有功能加在一起就能把 Safari 打得体无完肤。关键在于，终于有苹果之外的公司在介面领域占了一次先机。Chrome 的诞生让 Safari 的介面显得保守，让苹果显得谨小慎微。而从长远角度来说，所谓创新，主要关乎你做了多少次大胆的决定，而非这些决定本身的成败。 如果你了解了谷歌的 Chrome 介面设计背后的动机，所有这些就更值得竞争对手担忧了。这一动机不但在谷歌的用户体验文档里说得很清楚，甚至 Chrome 这个名字本身也作了暗示。【译注一】 从长远角度看，我们把 Chrome 当作万维网的一个带标签页的窗口管理器或是 shell，而不是一个浏览器程序。正如苹果和微软会尽量避免在其操作系统的应用程序的标准化窗框上添加太多东西一样，我们也会尽量避免往 Chrome 的介面中添加太多。 没错，就是它，微软的最大噩梦已经到来。谷歌已经受够了网页浏览器这个小江湖，受够了将自己所有的应用程序挤在一个单一的、往往还不太靠谱的容器里。「真正的」应用程序没必要受这种苦。它们的命运由自己把握。它们的边框（chrome）优雅而时尚。它们不只是寄居在其他应用程序中的内容。它们是主角，是一等公民。 这才是谷歌想做的产品，而它已经意识到，要实现这一理想——要逃离浏览器这个江湖——只有一条出路：自己设计浏览器。作出这个决定想必并不容易，前方的道路也不会平坦。但无论最终结果如何，你都得为谷歌的勇气喝彩。加油，谷歌，给丫们点颜色瞧瞧。（翻译：Lawrence Li） －－－ 译注一：Chrome 在软件领域指软件窗口的边框以及各种功能栏。我第一次看到 Chrome ...

它来自江湖 文：约翰·席拉库萨 原载 Ars Technica，原文在此 今天下午我一直在推谷歌新出的浏览器 Chrome。谷歌之前放出了一部很精彩的漫画，用以解释 Chrome 背后的技术理念和开发动机，看过之后我预料他们做出来的东西一定会很有意思。实际的产品没有让我失望。 此刻我之所以兴奋，主要不是因为这个产品本身，而是因为其背后的方法理念。谷歌的初衷不只是要改进现有的网页浏览器——他们是想从最基本的原则开始重构网页浏览器。 之前的两个成功的浏览器在用户介面上都采取了极简主义态度。和更早的产品比，它们主要是在做减法而非加法。Firefox 是带着一切从简的原则从体态臃肿、日益复杂的 Mozilla 浏览器的残骸中浴火重生的。Safari 的用户介面则比 Firefox 更加苗条优雅。这两款浏览器在从 1.0 向 3.0 过渡时，不但在每个新版本中实现了不少改进，同时也都尽力保持了身材。 就后台而言，两个项目都很成功。无论是对网页标准的支持还是转译页面的速度，Gecko 和 WebKit 这两个转译引擎都是一等一的高手。WebKit 的成功更是令它获得了谷歌的青睐，将其用在了 Chrome 当中。 但就用户介面而言，Firefox 和 Safari 一直都在挣扎：如何平衡不断添加新功能的欲望和对简约性的追求——毕竟后者正是它们的成功秘诀之一。随着版本号一步步跳进，这种压力是在所难免的。这一问题究竟应该如何面对？ Chrome 告诉我们：在谷歌看来，Safari 和 Firefox 的减法做得还不够。举例来说，Safari 的书签菜单里没有分隔符，这在刚推出时是十分大胆的一则减法。说它大胆，是因为这个设计自万维网肇始之初就存在于每一款流行的浏览器中，少了它的浏览器给许多人带来了困扰——包括我。 谷歌在设计 Chrome 时的想法不同。他们并非简单地将现有的浏览器拿来然后去除功能，而是把一切推倒重来。谁说一定要菜单分隔符，谁说一定要书签菜单：谁说一定要菜单栏来着？从零开始。先入不为主。发现自己需要什么功能才往里面加，而且这个功能一定要服从于一个完美的整体设计理念（留待下文详述）。 这就是 Chrome 最令人兴奋的地方：不是因为谷歌新加的某几个功能，不是用户介面上那些一望可知的部分——比如标签页置顶。所有这些都尚有待市场来测试、检验。Chrome 最令人兴奋的地方，是它的设计理念，它背后的哲学，它展现出来的那种毫无顾忌的胆识……那是一种美。 正因如此，今天早些时候我才说 Chrome 是在「催给 Safari 做介面的那些人起床」。倒不是说 Chrome 有某个功能特别棒，或是它的所有功能加在一起就能把 Safari 打得体无完肤。关键在于，终于有苹果之外的公司在介面领域占了一次先机。Chrome 的诞生让 Safari 的介面显得保守，让苹果显得谨小慎微。而从长远角度来说，所谓创新，主要关乎你做了多少次大胆的决定，而非这些决定本身的成败。 如果你了解了谷歌的 Chrome 介面设计背后的动机，所有这些就更值得竞争对手担忧了。这一动机不但在谷歌的用户体验文档里说得很清楚，甚至 Chrome 这个名字本身也作了暗示。【译注一】 从长远角度看，我们把 Chrome 当作万维网的一个带标签页的窗口管理器或是 shell，而不是一个浏览器程序。正如苹果和微软会尽量避免在其操作系统的应用程序的标准化窗框上添加太多东西一样，我们也会尽量避免往 Chrome 的介面中添加太多。 没错，就是它，微软的最大噩梦已经到来。谷歌已经受够了网页浏览器这个小江湖，受够了将自己所有的应用程序挤在一个单一的、往往还不太靠谱的容器里。「真正的」应用程序没必要受这种苦。它们的命运由自己把握。它们的边框（chrome）优雅而时尚。它们不只是寄居在其他应用程序中的内容。它们是主角，是一等公民。 这才是谷歌想做的产品，而它已经意识到，要实现这一理想——要逃离浏览器这个江湖——只有一条出路：自己设计浏览器。作出这个决定想必并不容易，前方的道路也不会平坦。但无论最终结果如何，你都得为谷歌的勇气喝彩。加油，谷歌，给丫们点颜色瞧瞧。（翻译：Lawrence Li） －－－ 译注一：Chrome 在软件领域指软件窗口的边框以及各种功能栏。我第一次看到 Chrome ...