The BBC reports that studies have indicated that populations of wolverines in North America are declining. Wolverines are the largest members of the weasel family, live in remote northern areas, and eat the remains of large animals and smaller animals, like rats, that the wolverines hunt themselves. The scientists quoted in the article link the [...]
Archive for February 4th, 2010
Wolverines In Decline
Posted in Environment, Science, sports, weather, tagged Animals, Environment, Science, sports, University of Michigan, weather, Wolverines on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
2010 Oscar Picks
Posted in Movies, tagged A Serious Man, Academy Awards, An Education, Avatar, Carey Mulligan, Crazy Heart, Ethan Coen, James Cameron, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, Mo'Nique, Oscars, Precious, The Blind Side, The Messenger, The Road, Where the Wild Things Are, Woody Harrelson on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
* = a movie I haven’t seen Best Picture: “Avatar” “The Blind Side” “District 9″* “An Education” “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Precious” “A Serious Man” “Up” “Up in the Air” “A Serious Man” tells the story of Larry Gopnik, a Jewish professor from the suburbs of Minneapolis in the 1960s who suffers a series [...]
Weird App
Posted in Technology, World, tagged Benito Mussolini, iPhone Apps, iPhones, Mussolini, Technology, World on February 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This BBC story caught my eye — about an iPhone app that consists of video and audio of speeches and statements by Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy who was Hitler’s Axis ally during World War II. According to the story, it was the most popular iPhone download in Italy until it was [...]
