The Ashes

I know there are many of you who are waiting for Guild Wars 2 to be released, however, I don’t think we’re getting it anytime soon. Meanwhile the Guild Wars 2 trailer is ready and you should really give it some extra attention. If you are new to this world and if you don’t know [...]

A selection of photos about animals that unexpectedly get caught in places they should not really be in. Quite funny sometimes.

(c) takacsi75 Flickr Getting it’s name from art history, the classic period in music extends from 1740 to 1810 and includes the music of Haydn, Mozart, the first period of Beethoven, and Bach’s sons. The classical period of music coordinated harmony, melody, rhythm, and orchestration more effectively then earlier periods of music. During the classical [...]

Josepha – by Carlos & Miguel This album has been an incredible discovery. The song “Caricia del cielo” is so beautiful that it almost makes me cry sometimes. An incredible combination of soft flamenco style and a wonderful and powerful melody. Instrumental acoustic, guitar music, that simply speaks to my heart, so beautiful, passionately, emotionally, [...]

I am becoming increasingly distraught at the hostile turn the debate over healthcare reform has taken. The tactics employed by conservative opponents of late could be generously described as unethical. It’s difficult to address the issue without succumbing to temptations to lower one’s self to the abysmal standards set by the opponents of reform. I [...]

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen during a joint press availability, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at the Department of State in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) I normally wouldn’t waste the typing time to draw attention to something like this. But I just can’t resist. I am naturally drawn to any headline about [...]

If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has. -JMK This recession that we have been suffering through since essentially late 2007 is not something new; our economic history contains numerous instances of negative-growth economies, some obviously worse than others. However, in many ways, [...]

Llusho (third from the left) with friends during her high school graduation ceremony. More than 100 people rallied Monday night at Hope Community Church in Detroit to prevent a University of Detroit Mercy student from being deported to Albania. Herta Llusho, 19, of Grosse Pointe Park, said she came to the United States in 2001 [...]

Portrait of a Gentle Man Dan May is an artist living in Jacksonville, FL. He spends his days (and nights) painting dreamlike environments that transcend space and time. These delightful yet haunting images are often based in personal observations of both human’s and nature’s relationships with each other, blended with a healthy dose of whimsy, [...]

While it seems that ‘cloud computing’ is the next big frontier in information technology, when it comes to energy consumption it’s quite a step back. Right now, teams of researches at Carnegie Mellon University and MIT are working on a new algorithm that is designed to route internet traffic to areas where the cost of [...]