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President Donald Trump said he would plow ahead with his $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund to get his attorney general nominee confirmed. [...]
At least seven states have suffered cyberattacks on water systems as cities and states work to keep the water supplies safe. Iran is suspected. [...]
A truck exploded outside a National Police base in Colombia on Saturday, injuring 11 people and killing an 8-year-old police dog named Gorda. [...]
President Donald Trump has called out District Attorney Jeanine Pirro after her office moved to dismiss charges against canoeist for vandalism. [...]
Two ransom notes sent by people claiming to be the kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie were released Friday by local police in hopes of generating new leads. [...]
NASA opened its newest wind tunnel, the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, on Friday, providing a critical resource for the agency and its [...]
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system. [...]
This illustration depicts charged particles from a solar storm stripping away charged particles of Mars' atmosphere, one of the processes of Martian atmosphere loss studied by NASA's MAVEN mission. [...]
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is seen outside the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, and Sergei Mikaev in a remote area near the [...]
From left, Expedition 74 flight engineers Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos, and Anil Menon of NASA pose for a portrait while holding a cake celebrating their recent arrival [...]
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, [...]
Author Archives: Kip
Dead Rising 2 for the PS3: Review
Before I really start my brief review, let me disclose the following: I absolutely frickin’ love games that involve killing zombies. LOVE them. And one of the best zombie-killing franchises of all-time, Resident Evil, has decided to switch over to … Continue reading
Disabling the Civilization 5 opening video
Civ 5 was driving me nuts. Every time I started it, I got the annoying opening cutscene, and it seemed the only way past it was to randomly hit keys, until it would eventually stop. I’ve found a better fix, … Continue reading
Jeff Jacoby — Finalist for the 2010 Bastiat Prize
Um, the title of the post pretty much says it all. 🙂 The rest of the finalists can be found here: http://www.policynetwork.net/bastiat-prize/media/ipn-announces-2010-bastiat-prize-finalists
Transcript of Stephen Colbert’s testimony before Congress
I know a lot of you have been probably looking for a transcript of what Colbert said in front of Congress yesterday on the subject of migrant workers. So here it is. This is not the full transcript; he took … Continue reading
Civilization 5 for the PC: Review
Great Balls of Fire, Civilization 5 has hit the shelves. This is a great, great game. It always has been. And the fifth installment just makes it better. The beauty of Civ 5 is that if you’re new to the … Continue reading
Use your Logitech Rumblepad 2 with Xbox360-controller games
Okay, I’ve been using this a lot myself but haven’t gone through the trouble of putting it up for other people. If you have a game that takes an Xbox 360 controller, and you have a Logitech Rumblepad 2, you’re … Continue reading
Comcast TiVo experiment mercifully over
My Comcast TiVo box recently bricked on me, and I was more than happy to turn it in for a regular Comcast DVR — well, one of the new ones (DCX3400s) with the 320 gig hard drive (50 hours of … Continue reading
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days — Review for the PC
I really don’t have a lot to say about this game. Except that it’s awful. It’s one of the most poorly-designed games I’ve ever played. This sequel reunites you with Kane & Lynch, they of the homicidal killing sprees (and … Continue reading
Enabling 30-second DVR skip on the new Comcast DCX3400 box
Dug this up. Here you go. First: 1) Select Aux 2) Hold Setup 2 flashes 3) Enter 01376 2 flashes Next: 1) Select Aux button 2) Hold SETUP, 2 flashes 3) Type 994, 2 flashes 4) Tap SETUP 4) Enter … Continue reading
How to turn on closed captioning on a Comcast box
Here’s a little bit of knowledge I stumbled across. I’ve been trying to set up closed captioning on my Comcast box for a while now, and basically gave up, until I did some searching today and came up with the … Continue reading
