Walking on the Moon

How wrong is this?

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin (AP) — A woman accused of smothering her infant after she drunkenly fell asleep atop the 4-month-old while breastfeeding pleaded no contest Thursday to child neglect resulting in death.

Now, anyone losing a child is having a horrific day, but it’s really hard to sympathize here.

The reporter has an eye for distilling the sensational, though.

Warren Ellis sees things. Things that remind us that the world is cool. Things like this copy of Stonehenge made from refrigerators. And now you can see it too.

I’m delighted to see that Washingtonian Magazine has discovered Jeff Hollingsworth‘s super-geeky lifetime project in home automation and written a feature article about it.  If possible they manage to make Jeff sound cooler than he is, which is difficult.

How have we lasted as long as we have without a taser knife?  OK, it’s not a functional taser knife but it’s a clear proof of concept.  Can taser swords be far behind??  I certainly hope not.
As with many irresponsible and wonderful things, Warren Ellis saw it before I did.

My sweet baby points out this impressive bit of hackery for identifying fonts.

Andy Hoover points out this radio-controlled Airbus 380.  I haven’t been able to see the video yet, but the pics are very cool.

The brouhaha over Nature‘s claims of Wikipedia‘s fidelity heats up.  This is the official Nature response.  It includes a link to Britannica’s statement.

A beautiful radio exchange from AVWEB‘s Short Final.

Apparently the Encyclopedia Britannica has worked up a bit of indignance at having Wikipedia compared favorably to it. I suppose they see it as being unfavorably compared with Wikipedia. The BBC has a story on it.