Ave atque Vale: Chester Nez (1921-2014)

Mr. Nez was the last of the 29 Navajo Code Talkers of WWII.  The Code Talkers' work was not declassified until 1968 ... and the Japanese never did crack that code.

Go West, Young Photographer

Check out these remarkable photos from the American West as it looked 150 years ago.

Nerd News: the Prof and the Prostitution Ring

Busted.  What's possibly even more facepalm-worthy is the assertion that Professor Dirtbag here wasn't running that prostitution ring for profit but as a non-profit hobby.  AS A HOBBY?  Are you kidding me?  A hobby is something like gardening or woodworking or baking or scrapbooking or blogging or collecting stamps or setting up model trains.  On another note, this whole story should be another entry into the "life now becomes impossible to satirize" files, given Stephen Colbert's recent joke about prostitution during his Commencement speech.  Blerg!