Quantcast

Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka

p. MSN Entertainment – News – Will Depp Play Willy Wonka? p. I think this would be amazing. If anyone in today’s hollywood establishment could do justice to such an eccentric role, I think that person is “Johnny Depp”:http://www.imdb.com/Name?Depp,+Johnny, especially after his performance in “Pirates of the Carribean”:http://pirates.movies.go.com

Slate: Thou Shalt Not Pray

Slate recently published Thou Shalt Not Pray – Does the Constitution hate God? By Dahlia Lithwick. In it the author discusses the trickiness involved in simultaneously working to guarantee freedom of individuals to practice religion with prohibiting the state from establishing religion. She mentions a few points, but then concludes with a passage that takes ...

Brand New Used Car

p. Well, Lisa and I are now the proud owners of a functional (finally) ’92 Hyundai Elantra. It’s amazing how little in the automobile department it takes to generate that rush you get from a new car. Though, I must admit for 1/20 the price of a new Honda Civic or other car, I think ...

Pirates of the Carribean

p. I just saw Disney’s “Pirates of the Carribean”:http://pirates.movies.go.com . I must say that I was extremely entertained. “Johnny Depp’s”:http://www.imdb.com/Name?Depp,+Johnny performance in particular was stunning. Although in the previews, his character only served to disturb me, when taken in the context of the film his eccentricites were a perfect match that few other actors are ...

Automated Loo

Wired News has an article discussing the spread of automated toilets to America. While on the face of it this article may seem humerous, I think this is exactly the kind of application of technology and robotics that we will see proliferating as opposed to Marshall Brain’s commentary “Robotic Nation”.