Those of you who know me have heard me talk about the spaceport that is being built in NM. I posted previously about how the spaceport fit in with my long-standing love of space imagery and exploration. While Jo Cose believes that the project is doomed before it’s truly begun, I have this exciting faith …
It’s been a long time since I’ve invested any but the most minimal amount of money in a printer. And, as a result, I have spent the past several years dealing with my printers instead of simply using them. The other night, I got fed up with the HP PSC 1510 All-In-One that I had …
Smell that french fry aroma . . . Biodiesel Takes to the SkyBecause Piety does NOT equal Morality . . . Preacher Refusing to Answer Questions in Senate Investigationand Mitt’s Pious BullshitBecause Wil Wheaton makes fun of Wesley Crusher–and does it with genuine love and talent . . . “Wheee! I’m in Starfleet!”I’m going …
I don’t know about you, my fellow Mac users, but I am becoming increasingly wary of installing certain Apple updates. Primarily because of two updates. The first problem lies in the fairly major update of 10.4.9 to 10.4.10. This has caused any number of external audio devices to stop working, in particular my Behringer FCA202 …
I mean, we all know where this is heading: Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth. Of course, that’s not really …
I find it ironic that the whole brouhaha over drastic price cuts on the iPhone has occurred on the heels of Labor Day. In all the whining and grumbling about consumer rights, and that consumers can no longer trust a company (as if companies care about their customers as people rather than as perpetual consumers), …
We are such an incredibly resourceful and damn smart species. Self-centered and greedy and cruel as well, but reading things like the Ars Technica article about early research on using inkjet printers for creating replacement body parts makes me smile at our species intelligence.LinkBet the replacement cartridges for this kind of printer would be a …
This story was printed about 12 years ago, but it’s the first I’d heard of it and is fascinating (definitely a play or a film script in the making):“The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal”(via Boing Boing)As Tom Merrit from CNET points out, when the scientists say “don’t worry,” it’s usually time to head …
Very cool new tech/power possibilities: A Crowd Farm in Boston’s South Station railway terminal would work like this: A responsive sub-flooring system made up of blocks that depress slightly under the force of human steps would be installed beneath the station’s main lobby. The slippage of the blocks against one another as people walked would …
I have never played Second Life, and have not had any real desire to do so. After this article, I have even less incentive . . . My adventures in Second Life02/19/07 by toothpaste . . . My character came pre-loaded as a “cybergoth”. Most people I saw in the game, jerkily wandering around, also …