I've begun a series of ottersRcats on heroes of the week. Last week was Don Norman, design guru. This week it is Ryoji Noyori, one of the fathers of assymetric catalysis.

An interesting newspoint of the week... an award goes to a news blogger who brought nationwide attention to the firings of attorneys who refused to do the Bush administration's bidding. I warrant that Obama isn't above doing similar things, but let's see shall we?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25marshall.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5

I predict Obama's popularity will begin falling about 6 months after he is in office.