Superb crack-pot update in this missive from mathematical physicist John Baez: “After [Roger Penrose’s] talk, all the questions were actually harangues from people propounding idiosyncratic theories of their own, and the question period was drawn to an abrupt halt in the middle of one woman’s rant about fractal cosmology. But I bumped into the saddest… Continue reading

The long wait is officially over. Richard the Second is now available on DVD at Amazon.

Dan Kennedy on Nomar and why it’s basically a good thing he’s gone: “Nomar was a great, great player, and he may be once again. But for whatever reason – and I’m certainly not holding management blameless – his situation in Boston had become untenable. Keep an eye on the off-season and see what he… Continue reading

The New Republic on Kerry: “To Kerry supporters who argue otherwise, is it really necessary to point out that Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt never saw combat before going on to become America’s greatest wartime strategists? Or that the very men who dispatched Kerry to Vietnam were themselves decorated veterans? To be sure, politicians who… Continue reading

Real Harmony and Apple’s dilemma: “Apple may yet decide to challenge Harmony in court, but it should carefully think through the consequences: Harmony may actually prove beneficial to Apple and the industry as a whole.” Article here.