Coffee and Provocation

I have backyard fox.  Some have backyard badger.

In the Land of the Blind the Robot Dog is King?
A Japanese company has created a robot dog to help guide the blind.

The H in HSUS Stands for Hedgefund:
The New York Post reports that "HSUS's advertisements employ the images of downtrodden dogs and cats to tug at the heart strings and wallets of America's pet lovers. But CCF's new analysis finds HSUS is a "Humane Society" in name only, sharing a meager $527,566, or 0.4 percent of its $120 million budget with sheltering organizations nationwide in 2010. In the same year, HSUS spent $47 million in fundraising-related costs (37 percent of its total budget) and put $32 million in hedge funds."  Hat tip to Chas for this one!

Such Hawks Such Hounds:
A great title, but it's not what you think it's about.  This web site is in my Google Reader and it keeps me up on the documentary world. This doc is about "music and musicians of the American hard rock underground circa 1970-2007, focusing on the psychedelic and ’70s proto-metal-derived styles that have in recent years formed a rich body of unclassifiable sounds."  Ugh right. I was there, remember?

Nairobi is Switching to Solar-Powered Street Lights:
Is the future looking bright, or what?

Nature Wants to Eat You:
Looks to be a nice new blog on tumblr.

How to Load Your E-Reader With Free E-Books:
This might be handy when I buy a Kindle "Fire" in a week or two.

This is a Palindrome:
Step on no pets.