We had a power outage last night, and I couldn’t do the stuff I usually do, and it was getting too dark to read. So I headed out to see Quentin Tarantino’s latest, Inglourious Basterds. The short review: this is Tarantino’s least successful film. But because it’s Tarantino, it’s most likely better than most of […]

I tried to take a picture of tonight’s dinner, but the colors came out weird, and the photo seemed the opposite of appetizing. A pity, because it was one of those lingering-on-the-palate type dinners.In honor perhaps of Shah Akbar, I made Mughlai-style chicken, a dish that hails from Andhra Pradesh, renowned for spicy food. This […]

A gallery in the New Scientist of unsuccessful or canceled NASA programs. A continuing refrain:With work progressing and the factory mostly completed, Congress refused further funding due to spiralling costs and a slipping schedule.

Even the Weather Channel! (From Oz)