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All three major U.S. stock indices fell Tuesday as the rise of 30-year Treasury yields and spiking oil prices put pressure on investors. [...]
A group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new government rule that limits the time international students can spend in the United States. [...]
A federal judge Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to end protections for about 5,000 Ethiopians in the United States. [...]
Canadian negotiators worked to avoid a midnight tariff deadline in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, hoping to strike a last-minute deal. [...]
American Airlines announced that it plans to add seatback screens to its aircraft and to increase the number of premium and extra-legroom seating. [...]
NASA's Boeing 777 returns to the agency's Langley Research Center after receiving a new paint scheme. [...]
Like a collage made of layered sheets of colored cellophane, a vibrant new image layers observations of a famous star-forming nebula from NASA space telescopes. The resulting cosmic “craft” reveals [...]
This composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain on, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. [...]
The constellation Orion is framed by two Perseid meteors on Aug. 12, 2018, in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah. [...]
A total solar eclipse is seen from San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. [...]
• 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, [...]
Category Archives: computers
PSN back up
PSN is back up. Though there are tons of people trying to log in so servers are jammed. Good luck logging in. Will get back to more in-depth blogging soon.
Watson Beaten by Congressman
This story is a few days old but I figured I’d get it in there. Watson was beaten one-on-one recently: Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) beat Watson $8600 to $6200. Holt is a nuclear physicist and a 5 time Jeopardy champion. … Continue reading
Watson’s Jeopardy Transcript
I don’t have the time to copy and paste everything from the J! Archive, which archives all Jeopardy games, but I can at least give you links to every single question and answer in the IBM Jeopardy Challenge. You’ll see … Continue reading
“Media is write protected” error in Bittorent (or any torrent program)
If you get the titled error (“Media is write protected”) out of nowhere and it’s driving you nuts, try the following: Hit Windows-R and bring up the Run dialog box. Type “cmd” in the box and watch the DOS-like screen … 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
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
Oh, the shame…
Well, after ignoring it for about eight months, I signed up again for World of Warcraft. What is wrong with me? Why can’t I stop signing up for MMORPGs? Especially since I spend maybe two hours a day playing the … Continue reading
Apple to give out free “bumpers”
So, Antennagate has come to this: Apple will give out free $30 bumpers, or offer a $30 rebate if you’re like me and already bought one. You can read more about it over here.
