The Magnetic Flip

Ever since I took a geology class in college and learned that in the past the magnetic field has flipped every 100,000 years or so I've been fascinated by it. It has now been over 700,000 years since the last flip, but it could be that we are getting close to the next one. Nova aired a show last night that looks into this phenomena and what effect it would have on the Earth and the people who live here.

Flipping the Real Estate Market

If you wonder why there are so many controls in place to protect the economy from things like flipping and why we should all be concerned that those controls are eroding just read this story.

Billy Bragg on Weekend Edition

I think Scott Simon is one of the best interviewers out there and this past weekend he had on Billy Bragg. It's a great interview and worth giving a listen to.

The Floyd Landis Case

It's been a while since I posted anything. I needed some time off after the whole music countdown thing. Floyd Landis's approach to his case is something I find quite interesting. He is going public with his defense and presenting publicly the evidence against him. Tyler Hamilton tried this as well though it didn't really work out well for him I guess. You can read about Floyd's argument on his web site.