http://and-still-i-persist.com "And still I persist in wondering whether folly must always be our nemesis." - Edgar Pangborn Thu, 15 May 2008 15:13:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having lived in the Washington DC area for a total of nearly 8 years (and in the District itself for six of those years), I was a big fan and user of the Metro, their subway systems. However, the Metro was was always struggling with funding and maintenance issues, which ... http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/05/mass-transit-stumbles-again/ This is one of the earliest (1993) 'mainstream' (non-tech-magazine) cartoons about the Internet and still one of the most famous: A Google search on the caption yields nearly half a million hits. ..bruce w.. http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/05/just-because/ For the past several months all eyes have been focused on the ongoing mess that is the remains of the Democratic primary. The untold and emerging story is the impending beating that the Republicans are likely to take in November. In interest of full disclosure I consider myself ... http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/05/in-2008-its-tough-to-be-a-republican/ The good news is that Google has taken me off their badware list (as of May 1st), though it took them over a week to do so (along with multiple review requests and a posting at the Google Webmaster groups). You can see quite clearly the impact of this blog ... http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/05/google-badware-and-the-label-of-doom/ I've had almost this exact conversation with Sandra.  ..bruce w.. http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/05/wisdom-from-xkcd/ It's May Day, nearly halfway through spring, almost halfway to summer. As I type this, snow is falling outside and has been for an hour or so; it's actually sticking on the ground (we have at least 1/2" already). And it's supposed to fall through the day and into the ... http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/05/coping-with-global-warming/ Obviously inspired by SciFi's Battlestar Galactica three-seaons-in-eight-minutes video, Slate has put together this video summarizing the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in seven minutes: Hat tip to Ann Althouse. ..bruce w.. http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/05/the-democratic-race-in-7-minutes/ Back on March 5th of 2008 and February 10th, I pointed out that we were still missing sunspots. In fact in the weeks since then we have seen a few small sunspots appear, some that were judged to be part of the new cycle, and some part of the ... http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/04/sunspot-update-still-waiting-for-the-cycle-to-start/ Cracked, which I (rightfully) disdained in my youth as a poor imitation of Mad Magazine, has reinvented itself brilliantly in the Interwebz Age by publishing a steady (one might say relentless) stream of articles listing "the <adjective> <number> <items> <further qualification>", such as these: The 25 Least Inspiring Military Operation Names 5 ... http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/04/cracked-cracks-the-comic-book-movie-code/ j[UPDATED 05/02/08: Google has lifted the designation; more details here.] Last Monday (4/21), I brought up the SiteMeter statistics page for this blog and noted in passing that the traffic seemed a bit light that morning. I chalked it up to the usual variations in site flow and didn't think much ... http://and-still-i-persist.com/2008/04/google-and-your-website-a-cautionary-tale/