"In order to finance $940 billion in new health care spending over the next ten years, the health care bill that the House of Represenatives passed on Sunday evening contains many spending cuts to Medicare, along with many tax increases that are set to go into effect over the next decade. Courtesy of the Joint Committee on Taxation's scoring of each of the provisions in the bill and the CBO, this Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact contains a timeline of when each of the tax provisions in the bill is set to go into effect. Note this list includes provisions in the reconciliation bill combined with the Senate bill and not just the Senate bill that Pres. Obama will sign into law this week."

The Discovery, from 2001: A Space Odyssey, in LEGO. Took over a year to make, measures just over 6 feet in length.

The quote by Milton Friedman on spending money is why I bookmarked this.

Writeup on using Notational Velocity as Mac desktop app and syncing across multiple Macs and WriteRoom for iPhone through Jesse Grosjean's SimpleText web app/service.

Three really nice high-res shots. Love the lightcycle one.

Tron fan site devoted to the search for Kevin Flynn.

"The guide does exactly what it says: outlines the surveillance services the software company will perform for law enforcement agencies on its online platforms. These include its email services, such as Hotmail, MSN, Messenger, Office Live, Windows Live, and even Xbox Live."

Welcome to...the Twilight Zone.

One of Hugh MacLeod's works of art I really like.

Filing for future reference.

Shooters, free targets, mostly in PDF format. You'll have to use larger sized paper than 8.5 x 11 for some.

Okay, this is pretty cool.

"On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial and admonished America to return to its First Principles. In his I Have a Dream Speech, he announced his dream that 'one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."' He longed to see a day when all 'would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."' Dr. King did not talk about remaking America. His dream was one which, in his words, was 'deeply rooted in the American dream.' It hearkened back to the principles upon which our country was founded. It was not a rejection of our past, but a vision of hope based on the principles of our past."

Worth watching.

"If Republicans continue to be intimidated into not engaging minorities out of fear of being called racists, it is unlikely they will ever compete for the votes of racial minorities. Democrats can take blacks for granted because they know Republicans rarely engage them, even though conservative values are much more in line with those of many racial minorities on issues ranging from crime prevention to abortion and same-sex marriage."

"Americans learned last year that President Obama discards campaign promises like most people discard used Kleenex. Among the pledges he cast aside were reducing the deficit, reining in federal spending, not allowing lobbyists to work in his administration, increasing taxes only on those who make more than $250,000, and opposing 'government-run health care' because it is 'extreme'."

"Once we have tasted success for a season, we tend to become bored with the fundamentals that made us successful. We become increasingly excited by innovation and pioneering. We become eager to expand."

Handy list of files which use metadata, which is incompatible with Dropbox.

Proud to say, "I know him!" Congratulations on the mention, Michael!

I've got three different kinds of notebooks I try to take around, though I don't always have one with me. I have a small hardcover Moleskine (black), several Field Notes (Noteses?), and even a couple styled as mini composition books.

Tuned by the Smith & Wesson Performance Center, aimed at the competition market, but certainly applicable for personal defense. Droolworthy.

For future reference, if, once the missus is on a Mac, we find we need this as a family.

This is the awesome.

The title says it all.

Handy list of alternatives to Evite.com. You're still not using Evite, are you?

Useful information if you don't receive a new HDTV for Christmas, but still want one for the Super Bowl.

For Newton users past and present, Grant Hutchison has created a desktop wallpaper for our Macs and PCs.

For future reference.

The most honest fortune cookie fortune ever.

"Prayer--which is simply talking with God--is considered a critical aspect of faith. One prophet blurted, 'Far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by failing to pray for you' (1 Sam. 12:23 (TNIV)). Prayer is not some kind of pious decoration; it is the breath of the human soul. Unfortunately, some of us don't breathe as often as we should--and it shows."