If you haven’t been paying attention, Frontline is doing a four-part documentary about the challenges facing the news media. Like all Frontline programs, it is excellent. The first three parts have already aired, and you can watch them online:
Frontline - News War
“The battle between the White House and the national media is the battle over [...]

I took a trip out to Philly this weekend. Apparently some of the other CTY folk went out there for a big group trip, but I couldn’t stand to hang around with these guys all day. Plus, they left at 9am, and I did not want to abide by their schedule. So I left around [...]

I didn’t take many pictures on my New York trip, but I managed to snap a few interesting ones.

You probably shouldn’t read this post.

If you haven’t seen Colbert’s roast at the White House Correspondent’s dinner, watch it at C&L. TMV has a good rundown of the various blogohedron responses to the performance- mostly positive, with much praise lavished on Colbert’s balls, and a smattering of “wow he totally bombed” comments from the right.
But Bloggledygook has one comment worth [...]

that I know.
Here’s some stuff to make up for my slobbiness.

From CNN: Warriors of the future will ‘taste’ battlefield
A narrow strip of red plastic connects the Brain Port to the tongue where 144 microelectrodes transmit information through nerve fibers to the brain.
In testing, blind people found doorways, noticed people walking in front of them and [...]

So I’ve got a this webhost with tons of space and lots of bandwidth, why not use it? I just found a pretty snazzy song that you should download. Post in the comments to tell me your download speeds. All files are mp3s.
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B flat major
Performed by Maurizio Pollini
1. Allegro inquieto [...]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness
… the term is actually included in the Oxford English Dictionary as a derived form of “truthy.” The entry is marked as “rare or dialectal,” with a single citation of “truthiness” dated to 1824 (though it has been posited that the citation actually dates to 1837, with an earlier citation dating to 1832). As such, [...]

1. Constraining, impelling; powerful, forcible.
b. esp. Having power to compel assent or belief; argumentatively forcible, convincing.
c. with dependent phr.
- OED

I’m making a list. Checking it twice seemed excessive.
Average spending per person for Christmas, 2005: $942
Average spending for internet purchases, 2005: $1,498
Average amount spent by each person in my household: $800
Total amount spent on interfamily gifts: ~$6400
Total number of robotic or artificially intelligent gifts: 10
(Includes 4 remote controlled cars and 5 Aquapets)
% of my gifts [...]