July – 2006 – Yet Another Website

Pain Sponge and the Need Machines

(from the random thoughts on a Friday afternoon dept.) Another name for the band: Pain Sponge and the Need Machines (in honor of the Marc Maron Show)

Friday Random Ten: 2006-07-07

	Name	Artist	Album	Genre
1.	And So Is Love	Kate Bush	The Red Shoes	Alternative & Punk
2.	Lothlorien	Howard Shore / Philippa Boyens	The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring	Soundtrack
3.	Wrapped Around Your Finger	The Police	Synchronicity	Rock
4.	Back Door Man	The Doors	The Doors	Rock
5.	Little Earthquakes	Tori Amos	Little Earthquakes	Alternative & Punk
6.	Disco Boy	Frank Zappa	Zoot Allures	Alternative & Punk
7.	Ibo	Terry Bozzio	Solo Drum Music (Disc 1)	World
8.	Walking In Your Footsteps	The Police	Synchronicity	Rock
9.	Blessed Relief	Frank Zappa	The Grand Wazoo	Alternative & Punk
10.	Fuego Cubano (Cuban Fire)	Stan Kenton	Cuban Fire!	Jazz

It’s the reporting that was shallow

I recently posted an article questioning some of the conclusions found in the news story, Roots of human family tree are shallow. I just received the abstract and some relevant excerpts from the original article in Nature. Here’s an excerpt explaining some of the assumptions the authors made: Several factors could cause the time to … Continue reading “It’s the reporting that was shallow”

Spammers are Stupid and Ugly and Nobody Likes Them

Since January 16, 2006, over 17,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 1,000 spam comments since June 24, 2006.

I think the analysis might be shallow

Roots of human family tree are shallow With the help of a statistician, a computer scientist and a supercomputer, Olson has calculated just how interconnected the human family tree is. You would have to go back in time only 2,000 to 5,000 years – and probably on the low side of that range – to … Continue reading “I think the analysis might be shallow”