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Hot Damn. Thanks to Black Holes and Revelations, Muse has become my OFFICIAL FAVORITE BAND®.
Here’s a look at some of the songs that have conquered my iPod since I got an advance copy of the disc, which is out July 11.

Take a Bow. The album begins with a 2:34 second crescendo in Take a [...]

My trips to the library begin with a scan of my Amazon.com wish list and/or my del.icio.us bookmarks as I attempt to find at least one book on my “to do” list that is available NOW at the library.
List in hand, I begin a strange trip at the library — zeroing in on books I [...]

Well, that’s a slight exaggeration.
Moments after the Cavs titanic win over the Pistons Wednesday night, streaming video was unavailable on NBA.com (See the picture above.)
My guess? Cleveland fans, hungry for a series win over the Pistons, swarmed onto the site, bogging down the league’s servers. Just a theory.
Now, why do I care about this? [...]

Some three hours after the Cavs beat the Pistons and cavs.com writer The Optimist is predicting that the Cavs will win Monday night. Bravo.
Now, it’s not The Optimist’s fault that his words are a bit out of date, but it might be the fact that cavs.com relies on a flash-based story rotator. One that probably [...]

In The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan preaches to the choir about the decline of science in mid-1990s America.
Among many targets, Sagan rightly questions the utter lack of attention science is given in mass media, offering a host of story ideas that would never be seen in today’s mainstream media — like “Solved Mysteries,” exposes of [...]

Stephen Colbert killed at the Bush roast this weekend, speaking truthiness to power.
This is Must see TV

part1, part2 (above), part3
I hope you haven’t eaten anything in the last thirty minutes America, because we are going swimming in the deep end of the truth.
More Colbert Report: wiki, colbert nation

Jump the Shark has yet to decide whether South Park has gotten long in the tooth, but after two episodes this season dissin’ environmentalism, I’m pulling an Issac Hayes and leaving.
Since 1997, I’ve enjoyed their preachy comedic messages … but it’s finally gotten boring.
Cartman: You seem a little irritable, Dan. You got some sand in [...]

URLFAN is a quick way to see what bloggers and web sites are linking back to your own site.
Much like alexa.com, URLFAN is one way to judge how effective your online presence is. In many ways, having a good number of blogs linking back to your site shows just how the most engaged online users [...]

USAToday.com has redesigned their content pages. (Business, Sports examples.)
The look is much cleaner than the old design, which used a vertical, color-coded navigation that was scrunched into the upper left side of the page.
You can still see elements of the old look on their section front pages. (Business section example)
Coding wise, they’re still using tables, [...]

Electric Six: We Love George Bush

Originally uploaded by dketterick.

The hardest rockin band in the land rocked Cleveland at the Grog Shop Friday night for the second time in a year.
It was no joke as the Electric Six kicked into April with bombast and cockiness.
The setlist was superb: Vibrator, Improper Dancing, Gay Bar, Danger! High [...]