I just peed my pants.

Shame on you, Barack!

"Now, in many ways, the new John McCain is doing what every presidential candidate does: shifting the substance, tone and style of his campaign to gain advantages. But the depth and sweep of McCain's moves may present voters with a challenge. Which McCain is the real McCain?"

"On the strength of an abundance of state and national polling, Barack Obama has retaken the lead in our Electoral College projection. Our model now forecasts him to win the election 61.2 percent of the time; it also gives him a slight, half-point advantage in the popular vote. Yesterday, Obama was projected to win the Electoral College just 45 percent of the time, so this is a rather dramatic move upward." I hope this trend continues!

I don't think that it's completely fair here, because this preys on fear a bit, but it's also a reasonable representation of his position. When it comes to public pensions, I think you've got to be terribly conservative with any investments.

I guess John McCain can see Mexico from his house, so he knows a lot about Latin America, right?

This is a strong candidate for a printer for me, but it's pricey.

One of the candidates for a new printer at home.

"To incorporate extra movement into the routines of sedentary workers (himself included), Dr. Levine constructed the first known treadmill desk by sliding a bedside hospital tray over a $400 treadmill. With a laptop and a phone headset, he said he can go all day at a leisurely 1.4 miles an hour.

"Without breaking a sweat, the so-called work-walker can burn an estimated 100 to 130 calories an hour at speeds slower than two miles an hour, Mayo research shows." via http://www.kottke.org/08/09/walking-desks — absolutely fascinating. Makes me want to put one together myself.

"The McCain-Palin campaign has released a new ad that once again distorts Obama's tax plans." Dear John: Feel free to lie about Obama's plan all you want. Lying's what you're doing best right now, so you might as well stick with that.

Dear Joe Biden: Please do not lie about the McCain positions. Don't even "stretch the truth". Leave the lying and truth-stretching to the Rove-bots; the facts are on your side, and telling them inside the larger Obama narrative is the path to victory. Anything else seems hollow to me.

"Why did Ike get so large?
"Hurricane Ike grew unusually large, eventually filling up the entire Gulf of Mexico and becoming larger than Katrina. How did it get so big? Well, one theory is that the storm's passage over Cuba helped it to grow in size. During the day and half the eye of Ike traversed Cuba, the thunderstorm activity near the center was suppressed by land. However, a large portion of the storm was over the exceptionally warm waters of the Loop Current on either side of Cuba. Since the storm couldn't put any energy into intensifying and maintaining its core, the energy pulled out of the Loop Current went into expanding and intensifying the outer portions of the storm that were over water. When Ike finally emerged into the Gulf of Mexico, its scale had been reset to this new larger size, and the storm was able to maintain the new scale. A similar transition to a new larger scale also occurred to Hurricanes Katrina and Andrew after they passed over South Florida."

"Playing racial politics this way is not what Obama promised to do. Cut it out." I'll criticize Barack where warranted. This? TOTALLY WARRANTED.

"Conclusion
"Development for iPhone is an incredibly difficult process, much more difficult than it needs to be. The arduous process of shipping an application for the Mac suddenly appears to be absolutely straightforward after going through this mess. I really don't envy those companies who have staked their success to the iPhone platform. The amount of arbitrary hassle, uncertainty, and delay in the process can only feel vastly worse when your livelihood depends on it."