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Hapy Valentine’s Day! In celebration, here are pictures of Washington, DC’s biggest celebrity, panda cub Tai Shan, playing in the snow.
Cue awwwing.

Mr. T has something he wants to tell you.
Wow. Check out that bling.

First there’s this touch screen developed at NYU that recognizes multiple points of contact simultaneously.

I really must have one of these. You don’t know how many times I’ve complained about only being able to select one thing at a time. This isn’t even a touch screen issue. The way I see it, if I plug two mice into my computer, I should have two pointers. This is a major breakthrough in human-computer interaction. Maybe the biggest step toward making interacting with a computer like working in the physical world.

Then there are these songs about space, physics, energy and motion, weather, and nature.

This editorial really sums up what I’ve been thinking about cartoons and violence. I really never have gotten the whole rioting thing, anyway. I like to think of myself as pretty open-minded, but some people’s logic, I just don’t understand. Some days I get angry. I never then go flip my neighbor’s car or burn the Saudi embassy. I just don’t see it.

Be prepared for a major disaster with this educational video from the official Federal Civil Defense Administration.
If we’re losing the war on terror, it’s because we’re not making enough cartoons.

In case you didn’t catch the Super Bowl, or if, like me, you enjoyed the party more than the game, here’s the only part that you missed. AOL’s Super Bowl commercial highlights.
Before the game, Justin, Heather, and I did some power kiting. I’ve had this fascination with kites since I got my first taste of kite boarding almost three years ago. And I’m still trying to move to the beach. Meanwhile, we can still have some fun playing around in the wind and the mud. Here’s the photographic evidence of the fun we had with my kite in Anacostia.

I’m getting a new office on Monday. Well, half of an office, but it’ll be a new half. I’m thinking I should try out one of these 3D optical illusion paint schemes in there.