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.

Recycling bottles may soon pay off

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Steve

Finally a story about recycling plastic bottles! As a member of Ecology Action for almost five years, containers with the recycle “1” and “2” symbols on them are the most common things next to paper I see people throw in the … Continue reading →

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Sixtieth moon discovered orbiting Saturn

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Steve

Firstly, I only thought Saturn had around 16 moons and since the Cassini probe was launched in 1997, NASA, ESA and ASI (Italian NASA) have found another 44, including the one in this article. I’m no astronomer but when an object … Continue reading →

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Commentary on excessive iPhone news coverage

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Steve

My friend Bryant found this one-page gag site surrounding the iPhone hubbub. The links on it only go to Google searches, nothing very exciting. The graphic elements are amusing to read once you make the connections in them.

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Fred Thompson needs a new issue

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Steve

A new study states how the Sun has little to nothing to do with Global Warming. I read way back on Bad Astronomy how the B-list actor was claiming the Sun was cause because the polar caps of Mars are disappearing, … Continue reading →

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Now if I could harness DDR to the Grid

Posted on July 6, 2007 by Steve

I caught this on Marketplace’s little 10-minute newsbreak. Nice to hear about these Dutch guys combining their love of music with sustainability. Now if they could do something about most Europeans’ poor tastes in music and odd love of David Hasselhoff.

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iPhone is here, now back to the Paris Hilton coverage

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Steve

Just as Ambassador Kosh said in Babylon 5, “and so it begins.” The Daily Showbit and Stephen Colbert were funnier. I think the iPhone will work out in the long run and if it follows the path of the iPod, it’ll slowly work … Continue reading →

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Move over Emperor, here comes the Venti Penguin

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Steve

The BBC mentioned a pre-historic penguin found in Peru last night. It lived over 30 million years ago and stood over 1.5 meters tall (almost five feet)! This is definitely a setback to penguins’ ongoing PR campaign to present themselves as … Continue reading →

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Brian’s Security Tips finally published

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Steve

My brother’s long-awaited article has finally hit MacLife formerly known as MacAddict. I guess that makes me famous and a Mac Security Guru through our shared parentage! Please refer your disagreements or questions to him and not me, I haven’t read this completely … Continue reading →

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The new MacBook 15″ gets an Eco-Friendly modification

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Steve

The new MacBook Pros were announced and although I’m biased toward the MacBooks (cost, size: fits in my backpack; and color), I was excited over the new 15″ models. These are the first from Apple to use an LED-based backlight … Continue reading →

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Entry-level MacBook gets 3 improvements, must…have…it

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Steve

How I must resist the temptation to buy one of these still. So far Apple finally raised the RAM on the minimal model because 512 MB RAM was painful on it along with other models that sacrifice RAM for the … Continue reading →

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Fusion from sharks with laser beams attached to their heads!

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Steve

The world of Science just got a bit more exciting today when I read about an alternate way to jumpstart a fusion reaction. Oddly the article is dated April 19th but I know it didn’t pop up on the site until … Continue reading →

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Maybe Vulcan does orbit 40 Eridani A

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Steve

Somara mentioned this discovery while I was half awake watching a throwaway episode of Enterprise on the DVR. I went with Dr. Plait’s site because he gives the best no-nonsense explanation about the possible planet. The American Media tends to fumble or … Continue reading →

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New round of alarmist trash probably coming

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Steve

You may be hearing some nonsense from the diehard PC users, especially the clueless John Dvorak, about the Mac OS being hacked or vulnerable. The bulk of the story comes from the CanSecWest Security Conference in Vancouver. Truth is, they had … Continue reading →

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Einstein was correct so far, space-time bends

Posted on April 14, 2007 by Steve

Einstein was always a bright guy, especially compared to me but this was cool news proving his theory about gravity bending space and time, a century after he proposed it. When it was dumbed down to layman’s terms even I … Continue reading →

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The new Mac Pro gets an even cooler processor “bump.”

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Steve

I’m pretty reluctant to post any stories involving Apple lately since my last one was a magnet for comment spam. Those postings made no sense at all too. They read like a person with Tourettes. I can’t see how anyone … Continue reading →

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