If Obama can do it…Obama Becomes First President to Write a Computer Program | WIRED Today President Obama became the first president in history to write a computer program. cross-posted on Facebook

Um… did ya see this?President Obama Just Crushed It On ‘The Colbert Report’ – The Daily Banter President Obama was pretty damn funny. cross-posted on Facebook

IDIOTech – Intelligent Design Institute of Technology calls this the work of “activist judges.”Federal Judge Rejects Anti-Evolution Lawsuit Concocted By Kansas Creationists Conservative “Christians” must be fuming in Kansas after a federal judge nixed their latest effort to ban evolution in schools. cross-posted on Facebook

I disagree a little, but mostly agree. I think people ARE defining “slam poetry” which makes it a genre, but the push back is absolutely needed. Slam as an event, and an experience is beautiful, and I’ve absolutely seen “slam poetry” fall flat against poetry in a slam. Slam has always been about making your …

Editor’s choice, “A POEM IN RESPONSE TO FERGUSON.”Frisked On Fraser and Woburn Death Fugue by Robert Lashley – Nailed Magazine A poem by Robert Lashley in response to Ferguson and the death of Michael Brown. For NAILED. cross-posted on Facebook

Weston is planning a trip to Toronto, Canada. TripIt – Free online trip planner and free travel itinerary website for organizing vacations, group trips or business travel cross-posted on Facebook

Amazon is making a series based on the book The Man in the High Castle!Alexa Davalos Cast in The Man in the High Castle TV Series – /Film The Man in the High Castle is among the more well-known Philip K. Dick novels, perhaps because it explores a premise many people have perhaps mused upon …

Interesting perspective.How the rest of the world sees Ferguson Foreign coverage of America’s problem reveals a lot. cross-posted on Facebook

Awesome and weird. Its amazing how easily traditions can be forgotten or supplanted.When Thanksgiving Was Weird Circa 1900, Americans wore gaudy costumes and bizarre masks and some roved the streets begging for candy and treats — on Thanksgiving Day. cross-posted on Facebook

BooyahFeminist Hacker Barbie Barbie’s new book tells girls they need boys to code for them. Help Barbie be the competent, independent, bad-ass engineer that she wants to be. cross-posted on Facebook

Pretty nifty. In response to Executive Order 13653, U.S. federal agencies have released the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. The toolkit highlights people using scientific tools, data, information, and expertise to manage climate-related risks, including extreme events. See climate resilience in action at http://ift.tt/1umkwtq. Watch the video below or at the following links to get an …

I haven’t figured out what I could do with this information, yet, but for H(S)ST’s working on the ships this seems like a nice tool to stay informed.Public has new web access to NOAA hydro survey plans With over 3.4 million square nautical miles of U.S. waters to chart, NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey is …

Um…. I wish I’d known about this site before leaving Bellingham. Looks like a lot of fun for kids and adults.The Racehorse landslide fossil fields By Dave Tucker August 1, 2010 UPDATE: October, 2014- a visitor reports that “the area was overgrown, but someone had been up there with a chainsaw and had cut a …

Weston is returning from a trip to Vancouver, Canada. TripIt – Free online trip planner and free travel itinerary website for organizing vacations, group trips or business travel cross-posted on Facebook

Just saw this. It was amazing! Small independent theater can’t be any bigger, more epic, or more entrancing. Cringe worthy gore, transfixing performances… The idiom, and the performers that dedicate so much of their time and effort are a treasure of Bellingham.Now Playing: THESE SEVEN SICKNESSES | iDiOM Theater   iDiOM’s production of THESE SEVEN …

This has a little bit of regional jokes, but I think most can appreciate the humor. “New Brunswick kids are not simply obese; they actually suffer a condition known as ‘Outdoor Deficit Disorder,’ or ODD. […] ‘Because of ODD, they are incapable of performing outdoor activities like hide-and-seek and tag, activities that you or I …

Watch this, then watch the making of.. http://ift.tt/12uM5HW Not what I expected.AMBITION – The Film Tomek Bagiński’s AMBITION, starring Aidan Gillen (GAME OF THRONES) and Aisling Franciosi (THE FALL), plays a key part in supporting the European Space Agency… cross-posted on Facebook

The New York Ebola patient is not a public health risk. He’s a hero. If you’re not an infectious disease specialist risking your life to fight Ebola in West Africa, maybe back the hell off. cross-posted on Facebook

Friends in Seattle, want doorstep growler delivery? Reasons you should do this: 1) beer, 2) convenient beer, 3) environmentally friendly beer… And it’s super easy to add into your monthly budget. This is about as low as you can get in terms of waste reduction and carbon footprint, short of walking or bicycling to your …

Dave Logghe From twitter: I’d tell an ebola joke but YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET IT cross-posted on Facebook