Read it. This is huge.

Read it. And, of course, the government is involved, which makes things both more complicated and more stupid than they need to be.

Read it. I guess the fact that Vista is a steaming pile of crap is finally getting through to the boys in Redmond. I smell a “New Coke/Coke Classic” moment here.

Read it. Progress is being made.

Read it. Starship troopers, here we come.

Read it. All my illusions, shattered.

Read it. Of course, if journalists could understand statistics, they could get a real job.

Read it. Economics. Nobody wants computer scientists (i.e. mathematicians); they want software engineers.

Read it. More information that every American ought to know.

This well-written monograph is the best extant non-technical treatment of fixed costs and how they limit product diversity.

Read it. And yet all the focus is on the embryonic kind.

Read it. So meetings don’t really accomplish anything, they’re all about buy-in. I knew that.

Read it. Indeed, this is a great time to be alive.

Read it. In case you were wondering. I know I was.

Read it. I’m shocked — shocked, I tell you.

Read it. So much for Manhattan going under water. The North Pole ice floats; it could all melt and sea levels wouldn’t rise a bit. But the South Pole is anchored to a land mass; the more ice there, the more sea levels will drop.

Mark Steyn does a fine obituary.

Read it. Go, Fred.

Read it. Useful stuff.

Safire on language. Always worth reading.

Read it. Construction of artificial languages as a hobby has a long and distinguished history, from Quenya to Klingon.

Read it. No, I don’t know where they get this stuff.

Read it. As the face goes, so go the genes?

Read it. Wonder how much those “$100-a-pop” guys made before their business model crashed.

Read it. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Read it. The hits just keep on coming.

Read it. In case you were wondering. I know I was.

Read it. This looks very promising.

Read it. Gene therapy could be big if they ever get the bugs ironed out.

Read it. Book lovers appreciate great libraries the way sports fans appreciate great stadia. In both cases the new ones are spiffy and have more amenities but the old ones are the ones with character.

Read it. Most of us have tried chess at one point or another. We then decided to grow up and get a life. We still retain an affection for books about chess and the lives of chess players, especially famous chess players, much as people like to read Stephen King novels. Tyler Cowan is one of us in that respect.

Safire on language. Always worth reading.

Read it. For those who have everything.

Wisdom. Attend.

“Pearls Before Swine” and “Agnes”. See the sidebar.

Oh, and if you see any on the list that you think suck, let me know that too. There are a couple that I consider dogs, but other readers like them. It’s not as if it costs anything to keep the link.

Read it. Some useful advice.

Peggy Noonan.

Read it. I’ve been waiting for this one. Actually, it’s pretty clever.

Read it. This is a great time to be alive.

Read it. And let that be a lesson to us all.

On the other hand, to die from “popcorn worker’s lung” ought to be worth a line or two in the paper….

Read it. Star Wars missile defense here we come.

Read it. In case you were wondering. I know I was.

Read it. This stuff is getting seriously astonishing.

Read it. Part three of an economist in foodie land.

Read it. More and more useful things are becoming solar-powered.

Read it. An interesting development, potentially of great value.

Read it. Sometimes the Law of Unintended Consequences works in your favor.

A new and interesting blog, of possible interest to at least one person who reads here.

Read it. Tyler Cowan is not afraid to ask the hard questions:

What does it really mean if some part of your brain lights up?  Who really knows?

Who indeed?

Read it. Have you ever noticed that rodents get all of the good meds?

Read it. And the hits just keep on comin’.