A historical change has taken place, and I've now realized it. Stuff used to be valuable, and now it's not.

After moving a half dozen times in the past couple years, I believe I've gotten better at not accumulating stuff. My biggest issue is getting rid of digital "stuff" (e.g. music I'll get around to hearing, full-res photos of dumb things I've done that I might use some day).

For decades, NFL TV broadcasts have relied most heavily on one view: the shot from a sideline camera that follows the progress of the ball. Anyone who wants to analyze the game, however, prefers to see the pulled-back camera angle known as the "All 22."

While this shot makes the players look like stick figures, it allows students of the game to see things that are invisible to TV watchers: like what routes the receivers ran, how the defense aligned itself and who made blocks past the line of scrimmage.

The holidays are upon us again — it sounds vaguely aggressive, as if the holidays were some sort of mugger, or overly enthusiastic lover — and so it’s time to stick a thermometer deep in our souls and take our spiritual temperature (between trips to the mall, of course).

For some of us, the season affords an opportunity to reconnect with our religious heritage. For others, myself included, it’s a time to shake our heads over the sad state of our national conversation about God, and wish there were another way.

Interesting op-ed in the New York Times.

I've been a huge fan of Cee Lo Green since "Crazy" and he's one of the few people that is on my "Musician Bucket List."

This documentary, to me, highlights everything I love about Cee Lo's music: uncompromising, trailblazing and true-to-self. Be sure to catch part 2 - both parts are roughly 6 minutes a piece.

I've always been a big fan of looking behind-the-scenes, so naturally, these shots of a distribution center for Amazon really amaze me. It still amazes me to think that when I order a book online, actual human beings are required to locate the item, package it, ship it to an airport, load it onto a delivery truck and drop it off at my door.

For those of you not following the story, some hackers have found code to this software on mobile devices (both the iPhone and Android) called Carrier IQ. It allegedly sends a ton of data back to the carriers, including logging keystrokes and recording data sent through Wi-fi, even if it's encrypted.

The important thing to take away, however, is that even though we all like to fight the "Apple vs. Android" battle, the real war is The People vs. the Carriers.

Journalist Walt Herrington shares his experiences that come along with 26 years of knowing George W. Bush. A very long article, but very informative.

“Some people walk up and say, ‘Oh, man, history is going to judge you well.’ And my quip is, ‘I’m not going to be around to see it.’ And to me, that’s one of the most important lessons you learn through history—you’re just not gonna be around to see it. … I’m confident of this: that those conclusions will be more objective with time than they could conceivably be now.”

"If they want to increase their rankings in U.S. News & World Report, an easy way to do that is to bribe high-scoring students to come to your university with non-need-based aid," said Richard Kahlenberg, a specialist in education at the Century Foundation.

I'd like to hope a fair share of them are accepting financial aid/loans because their parents are teaching them the value of money, but it still stinks for the rest of us with loans and debt for a degree in, ahem, journalism.

But I will share the Google Analytics graph below that I pulled tonight — mostly because it makes me happy and maybe it will inspire some of you to stick with it. Remember, the flatline you see early on in 2006 is basically what things looked like from 2004 until that point.

Inspiring post from MG Siegler. Be sure to check that graph out.

Wait, you guys don't think I'm lame, do you?

Nicknamed Curiosity, the rover will take eight and a half months to cross the vast distance to its destination.

If it can land safely next August, the robot will then scour Martian soils and rocks for any signs that current or past environments on the planet could have supported microbial life.

A very exciting time to be a space fan.

Fun fact for the day: The rover is running on a plutonium-base battery that should last for 10 years.