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Bummer on fusion news
Near the anniversary of the cold fusion nonsense, some operation belonging to Lockheed Martin may have made the news about their “breakthrough” on getting real fusion to happen in a decade. I knew it was too good to be true because … Continue reading
Italian #28: Fiorella Terenzi
At last, I found another Italian scientist and she’s a lady! What makes Dr. Terenzi even cooler is that she’s an Astronomer, my favorite science. Then again, she may be an Astrophysicist too. These disciplines overlap with Physics so I’m … Continue reading
Italian #27: Leonardo Chiariglione
Leonardo is called the father of the MP3 which is an exaggeration but he is a remarkable person. He is actually a co-founder of the Moving Picture Experts Group which created the technology, set the standards and whatever. The standard we now … Continue reading
Put me in for a gross!
Kristin posted this as a tribute to Jeremy, but I’m sure she was speaking for all wives and girlfriends because we all know…girls don’t fart as the song goes. Personally, I hope this is true. Of course it could *ahem!* backfire … Continue reading
Happy First Day of Fall 2014
To me, Labor Day is the official end of Summer and kick off to Fall. Being a Midwesterner, school would agree since its beginning tended to coincide with this arrangement. In Austin, it’s at least a couple weeks away. Phew! The … Continue reading
Tesla skipped Texas despite Gov. Goodhair’s whoring
Last week, Nevada landed the so-called Tesla Gigafactory to produce batteries after Elon Musk successfully played multiple states off each other to subsidize his ego. Texas probably lost out due to the power of its car dealerships, they have a … Continue reading
Without my morning caffeine, I go Sagan through the day!
A truly fitting dedication to one the greatest spokespeople of Science and I’m glad Dr. deGrasse Tyson was able to carry on the baton alongside Bill Nye. Anyway, the reference is from the original Cosmos show in which Sagan explains how … Continue reading
KMAG (v. 3) turns 12
It’s late…as always, but I wanted to celebrate the milestone for my personal thing of tunes or the closest I’ll ever have to a radio station. QuickTime Streaming Server may have been put out to pasture in 2011 yet I have … Continue reading
I’ve ditched Dropbox for Spideroak
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the last couple years, cloud computing has been the overhyped rage. Sure it’s a nice back-up and way to have your stuff on hand through multiple devices…until the big fat EMP we’ll probably … Continue reading
A good naming essay from GQ
Great suggestion from Cindy and we’re both shocked it came from GQ. However, the author forgot one thing…stupid people tend not to read, they’ll be waiting for the miniseries or film of his advice. Naming a child is something Somara and … Continue reading
An interesting map app for iOS and Android
Lester sent me a link for this Kickstarter project to create/utilize maps on tablet-based systems. It certainly seems interesting. Would it be useful? For me that’s the nagging question. I enjoy my iPad but authoring a map for a game … Continue reading
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Ditching Amazon Prime
It’s not over the price increase which is really nothing compared to how much of a rip off Cable/Satellite have become…$100/month to watch 20 minutes of commercials an hour and channels that push crap reality shows as “entertainment.” Anyway, we’re … Continue reading
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Not done with Photoshop®
I caught this on the way to the train Thursday (leaving SXSW). Not sure who was behind the skywriting which involved possibly five planes or one with a very specialized ability. After the declaration of “Pi in the sky,” the … Continue reading