http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog Technology, law, and personal stories Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:48:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have it on very good authority* that our favorite Indian/Nepali restaurant, Himalayan Bistro, is coming to Roslindale (from West Roxbury), into the oft-turned-over location last assigned to NuVo, and Gusto before that. Perhaps the third "-o" restaurant will be a charm. Assuming they serve up the same superlative food ... http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/11/09/roslindale-scoop-himalayan-bistro-coming-to-town Past seasons... [Tags]Leaves, Autumn, Fall, Kids[/Tags] http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/10/26/proof-of-fall-2008 Via Steve: I had never seen this ad, but apparently it was a classic: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W16qzZ7J5YQ[/youtube] The remake: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8Uc5BFogE[/youtube] Same actors? [Tags]Wassup, Budweiser, Obama, Election[/Tags] http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/10/25/wassup-redux The only plausible result from this RNC mailing, I think, is increased fundraising for Obama over the next few days: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption=""Terrorists Don't Care Who They Hurt""][/caption] For the nearsighted, the front of the mailing says "Terrorists Don't Care Who They Hurt" and inside: "Why Should We Care What ... http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/10/23/republic-national-committee-helps-obama-fundraising I haven't been blogging this election at all recently -- there are enough folks out there saying just about everything that should be said (and lots that shouldn't), but I couldn't let this little tidbit slip by without mention.Via the TaxProf blog: Politico and Bloomberg report that ... http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/10/16/joe-the-plumber-in-the-news I don't have the expertise to intelligently explain the entire global financial meltdown myself, but here are a few resources that merit wide dissemination, especially if you are a podcast-listener: The Planet Money Podcast.  NPR's Adam Davidson hosted one of the most memorable episodes of This American ... http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/09/22/an-annotated-guide-to-the-financial-meltdown-podcast-edition All the "pages" linked from my weblog -- for example, my "about" page and my PGP key -- are broken. I've posted in the WordPress Support Forums with no luck. I'm not sure when or why they stopped working, but if any readers have any suggestions of how to troubleshoot, ... http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/09/15/wordpress-pages-no-longer-work (and disregards the rest) Jonah Lehrer reports the result of a depressing but unsurprising experiment: The Facts Don't Matter. Political scientists Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler provided two groups of volunteers with the Bush administration's prewar claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. One group was given a refutation -- the ... http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/09/15/the-man-hears-what-he-wants-to-hear A sure sign of the long road ahead of us to pull together in this election: Can't we all just join forces? [Tags]Obama, Biden, Facebook[/Tags] http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/08/27/democratic-unity Seeing John Hodgman in Flight of the Conchords reminded me of this. Does anyone else miss the show? It's hard to believe it finished less than a year-and-a-half ago. Seems like ancient new-media history now. A favorite episode from long before the Scrabulous kerfuffle: Scrabble. [Tags]The Show, Flight of the Conchords, ... http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/weblog/2008/08/23/missing-the-show