So it seems that DARPA is interested in making cyborgs. Animal cyborgs, at least – both flying and swimming ones – to gather intelligence in otherwise hard to reach places. I have to confess, I find this almost as cool as I find it scary. Cybernetic organisms have only been in the realm of science … Read more

Or, “o w OW” for short. For those readers who might happen to live in or near Western Mass., there will be a screening this weekend of rare footage from unfinished Orson Welles projects: “The Unseen Orson Welles.” It’s a three-hour program, and will be showing at the Academy of Music theater in Northampton on … Read more

What? You think it’s Roman Polanski, or Krzysztof Kieslowski, or perhaps Agnieszka Holland? No, no, it’s movie posters. Some of these are really wild and inventive. Some are just hilarious for their apparent misrepresentation of a movie’s genre. Thanks to Kevin H. for pointing me to the site.

So, a congressional task force has concluded that the Federal Emergency Management Agency botched the Katrina rescue and cleanup. Of particular concern was failure to deal with leaks, especially those by ‘Scooter’ Libby in the Valerie Plame case. Libby’s lawyers have subpoenaed hundreds of classified documents to be examined in this case – documents which … Read more