There is too much awesome in this car: 1950 Tatra T600 Project. The Tatra was a Czech-made cousin to the Volkswagen Beetle, and about ten times cooler-looking. Any car that resembles the Rocketeer’s helmet is OK by me.
Who knew there was an alternative to Old Bay? We had crabs with J.O. Spice this weekend, and they were pretty good. Not as good as OB, but not bad, either.
This is really nice: fluid Images, for use with responsive web design. Something I will be looking into for the next version of this site…
Looking through these images, I’m alternately heartbroken by the devastation in Mississippi and inspired by the ingenuity, resolve, and spirit these people have shown: Residents build homemade dams to save houses.
John McCain to Bush apologists: Stop lying about Bin Laden and torture.
The Idiot to John McCain: You’re about four years too late. Nice try, though.
Sometimes people ask me about how I created my….
As someone who struggles every day with getting my design/carpentry/mechanics/parenting/husbandry to be where my ambitions lie, this is the best bit of advice I could read.
Reading about OSL’s death this afternoon, I’m reminded of a chapter of Mark Bowden’s Guests of the Ayatollah, a book about the Iranian hostage crisis. The Desert One Debacle tells the story of the failed rescue attempt in 1980, an event that streamlined U.S. Special Operations and increased the chances of success for risky assaults like yesterday’s.
Dads: The Original Hipsters. This is pure motherfucking genius.
I don’t know much about Ayn Rand, other than the standard Cliff’s Notes summaries of her books, and her name has been coming up repeatedly in the news, tied to (mostly) Republican politicians on budget-cutting stampedes. It’s interesting, then, to learn about her views of common people, the super-wealthy, and her own dark history. Slate’s review of two recent biographies goes into a little more detail and puts the recent upswing in Rand’s popularity into context.