Chang Díaz believes that VASIMR could usefully glean its electric power from solar panels if it was operating close to the sun (Mars would be the extreme outer limit) or from onboard nuclear reactors further away. He calculates that a nuclear VASIMR craft could get to Mars in just 39 days, as opposed to the [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2009
“Pacmba!”
Friend and occasional-commenter c-square sent me this video link. It does seem that the Roomba and Pac-Man go together remarkably well.
New Online Record Label Partners With Artists…
…instead of latching onto them and bleeding them like a parasite. It’s about time!
“Baby pictures in lost wallets increase the chance they will be returned”
Interesting psychological information, but an even more interesting practical application: put some baby pictures in your wallet, even if you don’t have any children.
“US, South Korea site attacks traced back to UK”
Hm. I guess it’s a good thing we didn’t immediately attack North Korea as some people were suggesting.
“Caring for Your Introvert”
As a member of this “little-understood group,” I have to recommend this article.
“Swearing mitigates pain”
Honest, that’s what it says!
“Read It Later” iPhone App — Excellent!
I’ve been using the free Read It Later add-on (RIL from here on) for Firefox for quite a while now. It’s really great for marking pages that I want to read, but don’t want to take time out from whatever I’m doing when I find them. It’s also very nice because I often have my [...]
“Obama: the face of USB Flash storage”
This will look good next to my Virgin Mary USB Flash Drive. Now all I need is a velvet-covered USB Elvis Michael Jackson painting to complete the Holy Trinity.
“Google ChromeOS: Have people taken leave of their senses?”
Someone recently asked me what I thought about the Google ChromeOS announcement. I think a lot of things about it, but this article sums them up extremely well, and adds several more that I hadn’t considered too. The bottom line: like the Chrome browser, I don’t see it as necessary. Neither will put much added [...]