The optical afterglow was 2.5 million times more luminous than the most luminous supernova ever recorded, making it the most intrinsically bright object ever observed by humans in the universe. It was so bright that immediately after the blast, Swift’s UltraViolet and Optical Telescope and X-Ray Telescope indicated they
Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture (an economics / finance blog) posted wordle word bubbles for the candidate’s speeches:
Here’s Obama’s:
and McCain’s:
and, for reference, here’s the Declaration of Independence:
Talking Points Memo raised a good point while watching McCain’s nomination speech on television.
Why was he giving it in front of a green screen?
As the camera panned out, the whole backdrop was revealed:
Ah, okay. He’s giving his speech in front of… a mansion?
Then TPM’s readers solved the mystery: it’s a
How cool are you?
Do you have a video showing your cell phone do this?
When someone makes fun of a minor glitch in your product, how do you respond?
For those of you unfamiliar with LexBlog, who does the back office work for this site, every day they collect ten posts from their clients and post them on Kevin’s blog. I was fortunate enough to have a post selected for the 15th:
Can General Counsel can litigation costs?
Wait, what was that title?
Oh
Ain’t that the truth:
"How did you go bankrupt?" "Two ways, gradually and then suddenly."
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (hat tip: Free Money Finance).
Not too long ago I posted about not exposing yourself to ridicule at trial, since it’s as effective a rhetorical weapon as any other.
John McCain stepped out of the serious and into the sarcastic — and got burned:
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Well that’s interesting:
I’m generally aware of protests about the conditions in Tibet for those not directly affiliated with the Dalai Lama — he lives in a palace, they live in squalor — but I wasn’t aware about a religious freedom protest.
A telling anecdote from Seth Godin:
Greg sent me an article about a bridge in Folsom. $117 million spent, it needs a name.
How about "Johnny Cash"? He’s famous, he made Folsom famous, he’s dead, his daughter said yes, he has fans, they need tourists… you get the idea.
City Council votes 4 to