Author: Eric Scheie

Some nice psychoceramics. (Yes, as I explore this technology, I’m becoming more and more of a crackpot.)

This video is charmingly titled “Bloom Box: The Alternative Energy that Terrifies Obama”: I don’t know how much of the Bloom Box technology is real and how much is hype, but what I do know is that if it does pan out, environmentalists will hate it. The idea of affordable, cleaner, off the grid energy…

Here’s something that should surprise no one. A recent poll indicates that a majority of Americans think Putin is a stronger leader than Obama: Maybe it is the photos of him posing shirtless on horseback, or his military push into Ukraine, but Americans in a new poll believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is a much…

Saying “I TOLD YOU SO!” is not a very emotionally rewarding experience for me. But a Reason piece confirmed one of my longstanding peeves. “Psycho Door-Kicking Cop Embodies Strong Argument Against Gun Registration” Gun rights circles are buzzing over Facebook gloating by a Branford, Connecticut, police officer over the power the state’s new gun (and…

For the past two days, it really seemed like Spring was here. Temperatures rose to the 50s, and the huge mountains of show were busily melting away. For the first time in months, I could walk without having to balance myself on the ice. Today is a different story. It’s pretty much certain Wednesday’s storm…

Writing in WorldNetDaily (where else?) American crackpot Scott Lively blames problems in the Ukraine on the homos: “…the greatest point of conflict between the U.S. and Russia is the question of homosexuality,” he posited, adding, “I believe even the conflict in Ukraine is being driven to a large extent by this issue, at least on…

A friend sent me a link to an interesting article about an old, long-demonized drug: “First LSD Study in 40 Years Shows Promising Medical Uses“ According to the study, the drug helps ease the anxiety of terminally ill people. Picking up where the medical community left off in the ’60s, scientists recently investigated the effects…

It’s reaching the point where there isn’t anything that can’t be printed these days. Most people have heard about guns, houses, ceramics, etc., but today I learned about printing microscopes. From paper: A new microscope can be printed on a flat piece of paper and assembled with a few extra components in less than 10…

Fake quotes on the Internet are nothing new, and the biggest problem with them is the difficulty of disproving them. The more famous the person quoted, the greater the likelihood that everything he said for public consumption exists in an accessible archive somewhere, and that if the attributed quote is not to be found there,…

While the term “kids for cash” might sound morally repellant, relax! It’s now a judicial concept. Painful scene from a new documentary ‘Kids For Cash’. The woman in this photo lost her son, Ed Kenzakoski, who was so disturbed by his multiple unjust prison sentences that he took his own life. The mother screams in horror…

This is not only a beautiful sight to behold, but it is narrated by Salvador Dali:  

Speaking of things that Suck Big Time, what a lovely headline I found staring me in the face. 2016? Hillary Clinton 47%, Jeb Bush 33% The latest round of speculation about the 2016 presidential race stars former Florida Governor Jeb Bush whose Republican nomination could potentially lead to a matchup between two powerhouse political families.…

I am having a nostalgic moment. Back when I was living in Philly, there was a huge scandal involved corrupt then-Mayor John Street which was called “Pay to Play.” The general idea of Pay to Play has its own Wiki entry (which doesn’t mention Street, but does cover Illinois Governor Rod Blog Blagojevich). Today I learned that…

Is Vladimir Putin emerging as some sort of conservative hero? Earlier I left a comment saying that I would not write a post about such things, as I don’t need the headaches. But an article I read made me decide to take that back. After all, if other people are already discussing the issue, I…

As as I was reminded earlier by this scene, we really need to get people out of their cars and onto bicycles!

Not much time right now, but this news just plain sucks. SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Russian armed forces seized control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula on Saturday, as the Russian Parliament granted President Vladimir V. Putin broad authority to use military force in response to the political upheaval in Ukraine that dislodged a Kremlin ally and installed…

In a comment, Gringo asked me whether I built the “Hackintosh” over concerns about the demise of Windows XP. No. I did it because in order to get the degree I want, I have to take a listed course to demonstrate what is called “computer literacy.” Among the listed courses was Adobe Illustrator, which I…

I love this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JstwmJjn34w Is it magnetic attraction? Magnetic repulsion? Or is it something else?

So I am writing my first blog post in my Hackintosh computer, which was kind of a bitch to put together. But for the resources discussed in places like these (which made me think it would be easier than it was), I would never have attempted such a ridiculously nerdy thing. And nerdy it is!…

Wow. Take a look at these Drudge headlines: AZ WARNED: YOU’LL LOSE SUPER BOWL… Pressure mounts over bill opposed by gays… Brewer veto drama… ‘I will do right thing’… Romney: Veto Bill… UPDATE: ‘Religious Freedom Restoration Act’… Hollywood Bar Bans Anti-Gay Lawmakers… ‘We Don’t Want Your Kind Here’… I’ve read the law in question, and…