Opinion Dominion

Android 4.1 ‘Jelly Bean’ Review | | Independent Editor's choice Blogs From this review of the new Android operating system (made by Go...

It's been a while since I've looked through Dezeen for some nice architecture, but I do like this Japanese house , especially the b...

The LIBOR scandal: The rotten heart of finance | The Economist The Economist considers that that LIBOR scandal is a very serious matter, w...

The New York Times mentioned this NASA video as being slick and popular on Youtube, and a cut above their usual bland stuff.   All quite tru...

Getting your tubes tied: Why do young women have a hard time getting sterilized? - Slate Magazine I would be pretty sure the same thing ha...

BBC News - Why, oh why, does it keep raining? Here's an article noting that the change in the jet stream position is the main reason f...

Before I forget, and primarily for my own future reference, I followed this recipe for oxtail cooked in the pressure cooker on Saturday nig...

Because I am fan of Wordperfect, I will now embed their (kinda dull) promo for version X6, which was released earlier this year: It'...

Well, this is slightly amusing.   In last night's post, I noted a reference in The Japan Times to a "Museum of Perverts" in Ka...

Is crude Ted really a family film? I won't be seeing "Ted":  I don't even care much for Family Guy, so I can hardly be c...

Of course, it may only be an impression given by better reporting, but I can't help but think that the world still seems to be a wetter ...

From phys.org: “We present a novel twist present in quantum mechanics, absent in its classical counterpart: We are able to show that very...

Youth of the ice age - FT.com Speaking of Japan, this long Financial Times Magazine article looks at the question of whether Japan's i...

Three articles of interest from the Japan Times: *  Japan is the sort of place where dislike of tattoos is out and proud, so to speak: T...

The way it stands itself up, it looks a bit creepily spider-like, but it's impressive:

With all the heat wave news coming out of the US at the moment, I have been curious about checking out the comparison with the 1930's &...

Short Sharp Science: Ouija board helps psychologists probe the subconscious Do teenagers still play with ouija set ups?   In my family, we...

Where does all the best comedy come from?  Death and war | Andrew Martin | Comment is free | The Guardian Reflecting on the death of Eric ...

I've been meaning to note, for the minuscule number of readers who might be interested in what I occasionally say about wine, that my wi...

I've developed the argument elsewhere that libertarians are against carbohydrates, and for heavily meat based diets, on more-or-less pol...