Dave Kellam

5Q 0012 with Bryan Veloso of Avalonstar.

The time has come to say goodbye to Babylon. This intrepid theme has served me well but never quite turned out the way it should have. We will part ways now and welcome Olympia. A longer post will ensue.

Sometimes you walk out the front door and there’s a parade going by.

This photo is brilliant. (via marc)

Newsvine is out of private beta, read the official statement to see where the site is headed. It’s been one of my primary news sources for the last few weeks, probably because it achieves a nice balance between automated wire articles and user submitted stories. That and the news breaks fast.

DARPA is considering the use of stealth sharks to patrol the oceans.

By remotely guiding the sharks’ movements they hope to transform the animals into stealth spies, perhaps capable of following vessels without being spotted.

The report also indicates that sharks were not the Pentagon’s first choice. Amid growing insurgency fears, the Dolphin President refused to commit more troops to the coalition effort.

There will be six different versions of Windows Vista. Why?

Microsoft said the six versions were designed to match the demands different users have for its software.

Different needs? I imagine most of them want an operating system that works.

The Birmingham News in Alabama has released a number of previously unpublished photos from the civil rights battles of the 1960s.

The worldest largest panda breeding centre in China’s Sichuan province opened a kindergarten for baby pandas. Watch the video.

I bought a Moleskine today. Yes, the hipster’s blackhole. Actually, I bought two of them. There don’t appear to be any stores in Canada selling them, so I opted to get them from Exit9 in New York.