I’ve long suspected that the Earth must have some kind of system to keep it’s temperatures stable. This may be it.
Archive of entries posted on June 2007
“Quick-charging electric cars could be round the corner”
If the claims of this particular company are true, the last technical hurdle to the true electric vehicle may be on it’s way out. I don’t know whether this is a good thing or not, since we’re having problems generating cost-effective electricity already. But it might at least help further with the smog problems in [...]
The OS Wars II: The Next Generation
I’ve hired you to help me start a war. It’s an prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition. – Vizzini, from The Princess Bride VMware is a great program, and I like it a lot. But there are some things you just can’t do in it… full 3D graphics in Linux, for [...]
Geek’s Corollary to Clarke’s Law
I just saw this on Groklaw (from commenter “PSaltyDS”) and had to grab it: Geek’s Corollary to Clarke’s Law “Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.” Perfect.
“Got allergies? Tiny discovery nothing to sneeze at”
This is the kind of science-fiction-like technology that I love hearing about! I don’t suffer from allergies much, but GoddessJ does, several times a year. This should make her very happy.
Amusing Spam
The latest roundup of accidentally-humorous spam messages. There’s one here with the subject line of “Aniston Likes the Sound of Singing Inmates”. If “Aniston” is the name of the spammer, he (?) had better like it a lot, because this stuff is good for a long stay behind bars. Maybe he can start a chorus… [...]
Two Getaway Plans That Didn’t
I love it… two would-be carjackers who tried to steal a manual-transmission car, but had no idea even how to start one, and a pair of would-be bank robbers who planned to float away down a river in innertubes — one of which had a hole in it.
Encrypted File Systems, Part 5
As described earlier, I’ve been trying to come up with a way to make the automatically-mounted TrueCrypt-encrypted home directory, on my Ubuntu Linux machine, also automatically unmount when I log off. I’ve finally done so, and I’ve learned some fascinating things about Linux in the process.
“Titanic Lamp”
This is rather sick. Very amusing, but sick nonetheless.
The Battle of Endor — as a Hallowe’en costume
I’ve always enjoyed creating my own elaborate Hallowe’en costumes, the more high-tech-looking the better. But this guy has me beat by a mile.