I'm just getting into the CRU code: it's a lot of material and everything I say here about it is preliminary. Some of you will know what I'm going to…

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Bow wow Republicans make themselves look like asses when they publicly sniff and tiff over Obama's bow of greeting to Japan's Emperor and Mrs Emperor. Is there anything so trivial…

[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_lecture_0005.mp3[/podcast] Today's Lecture: Difficulties I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10, which included a new version of Audacity 1.3.9, a persnickety package that keeps locking up. Word on the 'net is…

A guy named Adam Sacks---as in two---published a list of the five worst enemies of all mankind. George W. Bush is there, of course. But then, he was put down…

Suppose you heard on the radio a breaking news story: "Shots reported at Fort Hood Army base. Several are dead, many more are wounded. Eyewitnesses claim this is an act…

[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_lecture_0004.mp3[/podcast] Today's lecture: Format change The regular and statistics podcasts are undergoing some changes. Stay tuned to this page for details. Today's show is a little rushed because of this.…