As You've Never Seen Them: Obama and Romney...

The Soldier and the Squirrel...

From Belarus, a nice story about a soldier-turned-taxi-driver and his squirrel.  Lots of photos...

Road Rage Karma...

Via my lovely bride:

Scott Adams Gets Some Blowback...

...for his endorsement the other day of Mitt Romney.  As you might expect, he has some interesting observations, and explanations of his position.  I particularly enjoyed this paragraph:

My observation is that voters often - perhaps usually - don't get what they think they voted for. Nixon surprised everyone by getting cuddly with China. Bush Junior turned from isolationist to military adventurer. Obama went from weed-friendly to badass destroyer of state-approved dispensaries. Some fiscal conservatives have blown up the budget while some free-spending Democrats balanced it. If you think you can predict how a candidate will act in office, you might need a history lesson, or perhaps a booster shot of humility.

But there's much more meaty stuff in his post.

If Scott Adams was running, I'd vote for him.  Not because of any of his positions, but because of (a) the originality of his thinking, and (b) his ability to communicate complex ideas.  In both areas he makes our conventional politicians look like blithering idiots...

Solid State Disk Drives...

Michael Cornwell, writing at acm.org, has a great article describing in detail just how solid state disks (SSDs) work.  They are far more complex than most people realize, and just like the hard disks that they're replacing, they're getting more complex every day...

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight...

Get thyself out to watch it.  This particular meteor shower is created by the remnants and debris from Halley's comet.  On the west coast, 3 to 5 am is the best time to see it...

This Is America?

This is very disturbing: a video of New York City Police Department officers beating the living crap out of an innocent man in a place where he had permission to be.  Reason has all the details.  These officers should be fired and prosecuted; sadly, the most likely outcome is that they'll keep their job and will not suffer any punishment.

Flying Pig Moment...

Who'd a thunk it?  Playing on CBS (that well-known right-wing network), a segment about Mitt Romney that was completely positive.  Was this just an error (for which some poor CBS slob has been fired), or is the lamestream media starting to recognize that the non-Obama candidates might not actually be the devil incarnate?