How many weeks have there been in my life when I saw elephants? Is it better to see an elephant than a ball game?

As seen on the backyard fence yesterday morning.

That is sort of what this is all about. Wake up. Read the news. Figure out what is whacky and see if I can write something. It's not so dumb.  •  It's a bit interesting that the Prime Minister has used Parliamentary privilege to suspend a court case. I would presume, as an election is not strictly …

Not to scale  •  Well, this was pretty good as things in the sky go but it would be better to have it visible in the sky. I mean when I was a kid there were still old folks who said when they were kids they saw Halley's Comet in 1910 (or maybe the other one of that year) which meant when Comet …

Because, you know, Canada is like East Germany circa 1961 and we need mechanisms to spy on everyone all the time:  •  “"It did not appear to be electronic (analog) in nature or have a power source," wrote one U.S. contractor, who discovered the coin in the cup holder of a rental car.”  •  Why … read more »

Steve French  •  Regular readers will know that I take great joy in being able to pop over the border that is 35 minutes from my front door and nose around northern New York state. Today, we primarily went to go to the Thompson Park Zoo at Watertown, sitting on a hill behind the town and it was a …

This story reminded me of an idea I had years ago:  •  “Google is using its popular online mapping service to call attention to atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan. In a project with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, inaugurated Tuesday, the Internet search company has updated its …

Isn't it great when politics can solve issues in science:  •  “...a pair of Environment Canada bureaucrats said they don't even know who's responsible for climate change policy anymore. They said the now-defunct directorate was specifically in charge of overseeing all new climate-change policy … read more »

Watch out! The futurists are planning to make a pact with robots to be, the machines that will be at the door in 2047 as part of the round ups:  •  “An ethical code to prevent humans abusing robots, and vice versa, is being drawn up by South Korea. The Robot Ethics Charter will cover standards for …