Bachmann gets on Intelligence Committee (They're going to have to change the name.)

Bachmann gets on Intelligence Committee | StarTribune.com:

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, vying for a leadership position in the new Republican-controlled Congress, was given a new spot on the House Intelligence Committee on Friday.

I'm tired. Insert your own "Putting Bachmann on the Intelligence Committee is like ..." joke here. 

Netflix has a Chaos Monkey: A process to randomly kill things so as to engineer for failure

Netflix has a Chaos Monkey: A process to randomly kill things so as to engineer for failure - Axon Flux // A Ruby on Rails Blog:

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One of the first systems our engineers built in AWS is called the Chaos Monkey. The Chaos Monkey’s job is to randomly kill instances and services within our architecture. If we aren’t constantly testing our ability to succeed despite failure, then it isn’t likely to work when it matters most – in the event of an unexpected outage.

This may, or may not, be of interest to folks studying to be System Architects; I really can't say. All I know is, you had me at Chaos Monkey.

NC leads US in lost jobs in November.

NC leads US in lost jobs in November :: WRAL.com:

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's unemployment rate is up as the state led the country in the number of jobs lost in November. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says North Carolina lost 12,500 jobs in November, the most in the country.

Soon, there will be no Kennedys in DC for first time since 1947.

No Kennedys in DC for First Time Since '47 - Patrick's retirement marks the end of an era:

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(Newser) – When retiring Congressman Patrick Kennedy leaves DC in the next week or two, it marks the end of an American milestone, notes the Boston Globe. No Kennedy will be in the House, the Senate, or the White House for the first time since 1947...

Scotland's ever-changing scenery. Then and now re-photography.

BBC News - Scotland's ever-changing scenery:

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 I put the slider in the middle so you can see the shore line changing. Neat effect. It'd be cool to this technique applied to photographs of NYC over the years.