Category Archives: Science & Technology

All stuff covered by Science and Technology with some having subcategories like Apple Technology, Astronomy and whatever else hits my fancy.

Upgrading or keeping up with the virtual Joneses

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Steve

The original plan today was go to the AT&T Store (on I-35 & Parmer), get a better explanation on what’s happening with the mobile bill; it used to run between $110-115/month. After we made the change to pull back on … Continue reading →

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RIP Jack Horkheimer

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Steve

Fans of Astronomy will miss him and his advice on what to look for in the night sky. If the name does’t ring a bell, you probably didn’t catch much PBS in the Eighties and Nineties, especially late in the … Continue reading →

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Dr. Plait gets his own TV show!

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Steve

You may know him as the guy behind Bad Astronomy the book and the blog on Discovery.com. Plus I loved his recent book Death from the Skies. I have yet to see his appearance on Mythbusters regarding the Moon-Landing Hoax; … Continue reading →

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Magic Artist for iPhone

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Steve

It was only a buck so if the novelty wears off quickly at least I won’t feel very guilty. How the author got it to pull off what appear to be a series of Photoshop filters or fractals, condensed into … Continue reading →

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My iPhone is operational again

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Steve

Eventually, Somara and I will upgrade to the new fourth-generation iPhones (aka iPhone 4), just not this year because getting iPads are the higher priority gizmos. We are going to the AT&T Store in the near future (tomorrow?) to see … Continue reading →

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iPhone 4 is out…

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Steve

and the local cable news station asked Jeremy for his two cents.

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Pardon my iPhone…

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Steve

…it might drop calls or do other freaky things for the interim. My favorite is the touchscreen becoming unresponsive. I hastily went through with the new iOS 4 upgrade. Probably because I was on a roll with how well I … Continue reading →

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The Onion gets some Scientific assistance

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Steve

Before you roll your eyes and remind me they’re just movies I will still point the finger of shame at Hollywood for their low marks in Science (and History). Next to Fox News, American movies are notorious for purporting unsound … Continue reading →

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Last Stand against the Texas SBOE

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Steve

Texas just keeps on giving to America. As if eight years of Bush and the unsavory things LBJ did weren’t enough to damage the country, my adopted home’s statewide Board of Education will go through with some partisan, slanted revisions … Continue reading →

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The Industrious Beavers

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Steve

Dag and Norbert would be impressed with this feat of engineering. I find it mind boggling that the little rodents could pull off such an amazing piece of work but according to the article, this group is very removed from … Continue reading →

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One million iPads

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Steve

The official Apple release is here. A pretty impressive milestone in four weeks and Europe hasn’t even come up to speed yet. It definitely has some kind of special allure because I have had co-workers buy them at full price. … Continue reading →

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Textie

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Steve

As much as I loved Grackl, it hasn’t been working very well lately and I still have friends who insist on using SMS for baffling reasons. My friend Mark found a compromise app and successor. Skeptical? I was but I … Continue reading →

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Happy 20th Birthday Hubble Telescope

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Steve

Named after the astronomy Edwin Hubble, this long overdue space-based telescope was put into orbit…and it didn’t work courtesy of a lens ground to the wrong specification (the media probably got this wrong, effective telescopes after Newton use mirrors because … Continue reading →

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Some iPad plugs with a week to go

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Steve

The first one is a moderately funny bit involving Pee Wee Herman using an iPad. I can’t tell if it’s a real one or a prop though. The other is an interesting, thought-provoking piece from The Economist which I’m confident … Continue reading →

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Farewell Now Software, aka Up-to-Date

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Steve

Mark M sent me the link last night/this morning. I’m not sure if it was the economy that knocked the company down for the count. I would say it was more the one-two combo of iCal being free and Nighthawk … Continue reading →

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