Patrick

unscripted

Idiosyncratic artist and former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne’s journal is ridiculously good. He writes about art, current events, literature, music, physics, video games and apparently attends concerts by Sufjan Stevens, Jenny Lewis, Joanna Newsom and Arcade Fire.

Using Photographs to enhance videos of a static scene (via Daring Fireball). I can’t wait for the Final Cut plugin.

Climate change is too benign a term to impel emission reduction. How about climApocalypse or thermageddon?

While we’re talking about the LHC, Sean at Cosmic Variance discusses some of the discoveries it might yield. After reading that I had to spend a good half hour on Wikipedia reminding myself what elementary particles are bouncing around these days.

Even if the LHC doesn’t create an earth-consuming black hole, photographs reveal it to be the most sinister-looking technological artifact in Switzerland.

The Truth about Barack Obama: “Barack Obama says that Americans cling to GUNS and RELIGION because they are AWESOME.”

Gore endorses Obama. Wonkette’s analysis: “One thing is clear: You can take anybody and stick them in front of that Obama background and they will look 10 percent leaner, more youthful, and Hopier.”

“A household with income under $13,000 spends, on average, $645 a year on lottery tickets, about 9 percent of all income” (via kottke.org)

Nothing says “I love you, Dad” like a John McCain Golf Pack. Unsurprisingly, Golf Gear shares equal importance with “Strategy” and “General Election” on McCain’s website.

The Big Picture recently showcased some amazing photos of Saturn from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft.

In what is likely the least coherent endorsement of the season, enigmatic artist Bob Dylan has come out in support of Barack Obama, just a few days shy of Clinton’s concession. You can add this to the three billion other endorsements Obama has already scored.

SensibleUnits.com converts selected SI and customary units (length, area or mass only) into arbitrary artificial units. It’s good to know that I weigh as much as 14 “average domestic cats.”

Though unlikely to pass, a vote extending “the period for which a terrorist suspect can be detained without charge from 28 to 42 days” would at least provide another candidate for the ultimate question.

Things younger than John McCain: the Golden Gate Bridge, the ballpoint pen, the chocolate chip cookie, Velcro, 91% of Americans.