Topics on my particular interests.
Remember that mosquito-frying laser idea I mentioned last year? It turns out I’m not the only one who had it — and it’s getting closer to reality. 😀 Anyone who wants to get me one for Christmas is welcome to. 😉
I haven’t had the time to watch it, but it looks amusing.
Yet another NASA idea for cleaning up low-earth orbit.
This is possibly the most interesting article I’ve seen on a site that regularly carries interesting pieces. It’s not hurt by the fact that it implies a comparison between Steve Jobs and Snow White’s evil stepmother either. 😉
How are Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster different from alien abduction stories and Elvis sightings? They’re similar in nature, but there’s just enough likelihood and potentially credible evidence for Bigfoot and Nessie to take them to a different level, one where reasonable people might believe that they’re imaginary, but can’t completely dismiss the possibility …
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I can’t understand groups like this so-called “One Million Moms” organization. What is it about lesbians that they fear so much? Why do they let themselves fear so much? That’s a rhetorical question. I know exactly what they fear, and how it gets associated with anyone who’s different: fear-mongering politicians and religious “leaders” whose power …
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Here’s a technological application that sounds useful. 🙂 There’s a 2 of it in action too, though I don’t find it terribly enlightening.
I’ve always been fascinated by stage magic, and just how the magician would manage to use your own mind against you, so this article was pretty interesting to me.
After two and a half years of very heavy use, I am replacing my first Mac. With another one — I’m still ambivalent about some of the OS design decisions, but the hardware is first-rate. The first one still works fine, other than a little wear and tear. It’s a 13″ MacBook Pro, the higher-end …
There you go Ploni, a real-life disaster in the making: the first step in the trees’ revenge for all the logging our race has ever done. It’s a plan they put into action in the sixteenth century. In another several hundred years, they’re certain to have a full arsenal against us! We have to act …