“Key Star Trek tri-corder boffinry breakthrough”
I always wanted a real tricorder. 😉
Archive of posts filed under the Interests category.
Topics on my particular interests.
“Remembering things changes your memory of those things?”
Interesting research. Not surprising though, I noticed a long time ago that some of my memories — things that I know are actual events — have gotten mixed up in my head with things that I also know didn’t happen at the same time.
“Gene that allows growing a new head identified”
This may sound like something out of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but it’s closer to regeneration a la Dr. Who. Or rather, it’s the first step toward that staple of SF, cloned body parts to replace ailing originals. And better in this case, because you don’t have to grow a whole clone, with …
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“New cycle helmets emit stench if they need replacement”
It sounds daft when you first hear it, but when you think about it, it’s really quite an elegant solution.
“Time Traveler Caught in Museum Photo?”
Probably not, but it makes for some interesting ideas. A second photo confirms that the first hasn’t been doctored. Maybe he’s the one that left the tiny Swiss watch in the Chinese tomb? 😉
“Laws You Didn’t Know You Were Breaking”
Wow… it’s actually illegal to have an indoor bathtub in Virginia. That could explain a lot. 😉 (Disclaimer: I’m allowed to say that because I lived in Virginia for several years, and several of my beloved — and not so beloved — relatives still do.)
“Anachronous discovery: Swiss watch in ancient tomb”
Damned clumsy time travelers. 😉 (“Anachronous” is probably a better term for this than the writer realized.) I’ve confirmed that the article isn’t a hoax, at least — it really was reported, and discussed pretty widely at the time. Whether the watch is or not is an open question. A cursory glance at the Google …
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RSS Feed Ads
I’ve been pained for several years by the ads in one of my RSS feeds. Mozilla Thunderbird (my program of choice for handling e-mail and RSS feeds) waits until it has all of the images for a message before rendering any of the message, including its text. That’s fine, I don’t mind text or non-animated …
“Snails on crystal meth: The facts”
As strange as it sounds, the research does have a useful purpose. Other than giving the researchers an excuse to legally (?) keep otherwise-illegal drugs, that is. 😉
“The Effect of Country Music on Suicide”
I recently spotted this quote on our friend interrobang’s blog: The results of a multiple regression analysis of 49 metropolitan areas show that the greater the airtime devoted to country music, the greater the white suicide rate. The effect is independent of divorce, southernness, poverty, and gun availability. — Steven Stack and Jim Gundlach, “The …
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