This is actually a fascinating way to view time.

PS: Speaking of sands of time, I lost a lot of those checking out this site, dedicated to testing the limits of CSS. Fellow geeks, check it out. Many of the CSS hacks are ridiculously tedious and have no real-world applications, but they will absolutely expand your view of what CSS can do.

BTW, Robin and I have been outsourcing the content of this blog. Hope you enjoy.

Today’s read of the day is this New York Magazine profile of Bill Clinton. This man has got to be the best real-life tragic hero of the last three decades:

I ask Clinton why the Bush administration has gotten much softer press coverage than he did. He gives a variety of explanations, including September 11 and the rightward drift of the media. Then he gives an explanation that

This BoGlo piece exploring the possible genetic and biological roots of homosexuality has made its way all over the gayosphere et al., but I didn’t actually get around to reading it until today and wow, is it chock full of goodness. Did you know, for example, that every older brother a guy has makes it significantly more likely the guy will be gay?

Awesome interview with Ira Glass from CJR Daily. Also, awesome story from the L.A. Times about the “This American Life” television show (!). “Television is the medium of our time,” he says. Wait, why does that sound so familiar?

An excellent indictment of NASA’s manned spaceflight program, which y’all know I love. (Via Collision Detection, which also features a great post on babies learning with toys.)

Very fun music video from OK Go. Via MF.

And just to toss in another random link, check this out, from Things Magazine.

Great bad review (via). Even better bad review (via).

(PS: Crash Bonsai!)

Of all the wonderful things Current TV has done for the world, I think the best will be introducing it (the world) to Joe Hanson, a.k.a. Binowhite, a.k.a. B-Whizzle. I found Joe during my hour-long binge in the recently hott Current Studio, where you can preview the pods people have submitted and vote whether they should appear on-air. It’s definitely the best part of the site (excellent blog notwithstanding). Go check out my favorite VC², Binowhite. I can’t wait to see what Joe gets into next.

While in Gameworks at Tampa last weekend, I discovered the new recreational craze that’s poised to grip the nation: 3-puck, 2-paddle air hockey (I have no idea who those people are, but they’re playing 3P2P). Let that sink in for a moment. Three pucks. Two paddles. Eternal glory.

It’s called the SEGA Hockey Stadium, and it’s pretty much worth lobbying City Hall to bring it to your town.