Topics on my particular interests.
Joel Spolsky has an interesting article in February’s Inc. Magazine (readable online here). It might explain something I’ve never been able to figure out: why no one else seems to be seriously pursuing Project X, even though the idea behind it is hundreds of years old.
Science meets science fiction, and people benefit, once again. 🙂
Interesting, but do we really need more garbage floating around in Earth orbit?
An amusing look at the trustworthiness of your memories, perception, and other facets of your brain.
This page made me think… not so much about the movies mentioned (I’ve never seen most of them, and don’t care to), but about how fiction can teach us the more important things about life better than reality can, in some cases. I learned much of what I know about people and their relationships from …
This quote pretty much covers it: In what can only be described as an act of utter desperation to overcome Vista’s mostly negative public perception issues, Microsoft Australia has put together an online “Fact or Fiction†quiz all about Windows Vista. Un-frickin’-believable. Squared.
GoddessJ’s sister (“D”) just had a minor surgery yesterday, and the doctors recommended that she not be left alone. Her husband couldn’t stay with her today, so we and GoddessJ’s parents decided to take it in shifts. It’s not a major inconvenience for any of us; her parents are retired, GoddessJ isn’t working at the …
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It seems that HD DVD really has lost the format war: Cargo Cosmetics has launched a new line called Blu_ray, designed for makeup artists who need to adapt to high-definition cameras. If the cosmetics industry says it, it has to be true. 😉
Lovely. At least it’s not likely to stick around long, even if it does pass.
People have been predicting something like this for a long time, though I frankly expected the book-publishing industry to jump on it first… it’s hard to find out-of-print books (though not as hard as it once was, thanks to Amazon).