Radio as a Python IDE  9:24:43 PM    

I am just loving the Olympics this time around. I never thought I'd get into snowboarding but the half-pipe was a lot of fun to watch. And NBC is keeping Bob Costas only to interview guy and framing-the-sections guy and he is just fine in those contexts so I have no beef with him. In fact, his buying that bar a round of drinks was very funny so maybe I'm warming up to him. But the coverage has been very good and aside from the occasional diversion into someone's life story, it's been mostly back to back sports and that's all I really wanted. And I can't wait for Skeleton sledding next week...  9:08:16 PM    

Six Million Dollar Man feature proceeding. And Richard Anderson reprises his role as Oscar! I love it! (Yes, I am also a child of the 70s)  9:02:52 PM    

Al and Sam, together again...sort of Excellent! (Yes, I am a Quantum Leap fan. Sue me. ;)  9:00:18 PM    

BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | China arrests foreign Falun Gong activists. My friend's second cousin is an American who emailed before going to a protest today. He has not been heard from since. The article above doesn't mention any Americans arrested in the latest set of protests but we assume he is among them.  8:18:22 PM    

Mysterious Force slows Pioneer 10: "As it moves further away from our solar system, pioneer 10 is slowing down. A mysterious force is reducing its speed by 6 mph per century. Not much, but baffling when you consider that effects like gravity and solar radiation decrease rapidly with distance. Other possibilities have also been ruled out."

The above was posted via newsisfree.com to Radio and then to blogger from Radio's blogger bridge. Very cool.  3:54:03 PM    

Scientific American: News In Brief: Diminutive Dinosaur from China Sheds Light on Bird Evolution: February 14, 2002: "It demonstrates that major structural modifications toward birds occurred much earlier in the evolutionary process than previously thought," Mackovicky asserts. "Furthermore, these findings help counter, once and for all, the position of paleontologists who argue that birds did not evolve from dinosaurs."  1:12:46 PM