“This Week in Blackness” is a web series appearing on the site of the same name. Each segment (there are 6 so far) stars Elon James White and is presented by the Brooklyn Comedy Company. The episodes are as follows: 
#1: Black Vs. Black (no direct link but if you go here, the video’s in the sidebar)
#2: Electrifying (concerning taser use on black people)
#3: Side Booty (about Rev. Wright’s alleged affair) 
#4: The Breakfast of Racist Champions (about those despicable Obama Waffles that were being sold)
#5: About White Privelage
And the latest episode, …

It is hard out there for the Large Hadron Collider. A magnet failure that happened last Friday caused a tonne (about 2205 pounds) of liquid helium to spill out into the tunnels. The LHC contains 1200 dipole magnets throughout its structure. Super cooled helium is used to keep the magnets at a temperature lower than deep space (-456 degrees F to be exact) to make the magnets superconductors. It is speculated that a faulty electrical connection between two of the magnets allowed them to warm up to the point that …

Sarah Palin has only faced one real interview (Fox News doesn’t count) since becoming the vice presidential nominee for the Republican Party. During that interview, she revealed that she didn’t know what the Bush Doctrine is, implied she’d be all for a war with Russia and came off as underqualified and ill informed. So it is understandable that the McCain campaign doesn’t want her to face the tough any questions from reporters. But it is important for a presidential campaign to dominate the media and it is hard to do …

I’ve done a few posts now on vinyl wall art for adults and noted how easy they are to apply and remove. Liapela has wall decals for adults in training (aka children) that can make it easier to  keep their room in tune with their ever changing interests. 

Elephant and Mouse Vinyl Wall Decal, 26″ x 18″ for $35.00 

Spore had high expectations before its release. Designed by Will Wright (SimCity), Spore allows the player to chart the evolution of their customized creature through five phases (played in order): cell, creature, tribe, civilization and space. Early demos generated a positive buzz but when it was finally released earlier this month, performance didn’t meet expectations. The disappointment was caused by a security feature rather than the game itself. 
Spore comes packaged with the DRM (digital rights management) software called SecuROM. The initial DRM settings required that the disc be in the …

I mentioned to my friend from Australia that I had just discovered Sia (aka Sia Furler, an Australian singer with three solo albums to her name). He said that she was also involved with the band Zero 7 and it didn’t immediately click in my mind why I recognized that name. Once I hit YouTube, I realized it was because their song “In the Waiting Line” was on the soundtrack of Garden State (aka the film that made hipster poseurs pretend for a couple of years that they were fans …