I wrote about this idea a couple months ago. At the time, I expressed some reservations about the idea. Now it appears that I’m not the only one, a New Zealand “ball lightning expert” is saying the same thing. It’s nice when the experts agree with you, isn’t it?
Archive of entries posted on July 2010
“Use Wolfram Alpha to Figure Out Confusing Family Relationships”
In my family, I’m likely to actually need this. And maybe a score-card too. DARK HELMET: Before you die, there is something you should know about us, Lone Starr. LONE STARR: What? DARK HELMET: I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former room-mate. LONE STARR: What’s that make us? DARK HELMET: Absolutely nothing. Which is [...]
“XKCD on HDTV”
Right on target. Both the comic and the Boing Boing commentary on it.
“NASA: Civilization will end in 2013 (possibly)”
Need yet another reason to panic? Try this one on for size. It might be a good idea to back up your vital data to optical media (writable DVDs, for example) before that point. Electronic and magnetic media just might not all survive unscathed.
“Winds howl through the deserted moonscape behind Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper paywalls”
If newspapers are relying on paywalls to survive, then they really are the equivalent of walking dead men. Even more so than those of us who have watched this saga from the beginning realized. As this article points out, there’s no point to putting the papers online if only subscribers can see them or link [...]
Natural Lasers!
From the always-interesting forgetomori site: [...] But today I discovered at long last that there are natural lasers. This is quite a thing, as even if you already knew about that, I’ll say it also involves Martians! HG Wells! And Alien Abductions! [...] If you’re at all interested in how science and science fiction go [...]
“Evil Witch from Snow White added to Apple logo on back of iPad”
Ooh… if I had any artistic talent at all, I’d try to duplicate this on my iPod Touch. It just seems too right.
“Repuglicans: 61 monster paintings by Pete Von Sholly”
I thought they were scary enough already!
“You Are Not Your Phone”
Hear, hear.
“Terrorist Sorcerers Are Coming To Rape Our Cars, warns Florida senate candidate”
If this sort of thing appeared in a science fiction/fantasy novel, people might just blink and accept the premise. If it appeared in a history text, they’d shake their collective head over it and silently thank the deity of their choice that no one is that stupid anymore. But if it’s spouted by a modern-day [...]