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.

Beware of a population myth making the rounds, again

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Steve

While I was surfing over my friends’ ‘blogs on my day off, trying to see if there was anything I could post to add to their conversations, I saw this cool rebuttal being researched, courtesy of my friend Mark M. Seems … Continue reading →

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How does the camera “add” 10 pounds?

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Steve

What a relief to get this explanation yesterday from Slate.com. It really compensates for them publishing the nonsense and delusions of Christopher Hitchens. All this time my wife was telling me it was the number fives I ate at Whataburger! Now … Continue reading →

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Asteroid Insurance Policies coming soon

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Steve

We are so doomed if the UN’s plan entails anything from the movies Armageddon, Deep Impact or Meteor (from 1979). Actually, I think we’ll prefer extinction should lawyers and the insurance industry get involved in the plan. The lawyers know the NEO doesn’t … Continue reading →

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“Intelligence Design” in children, no FSM needed

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Steve

Now here’s a very vindicating piece from NPR this morning about child development. Despite the audio version requiring the inferior Real or Windows players, it is very delightful to see research proving how much you can do by encouraging children which … Continue reading →

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Norweigan Seed Vault breaks ground in March

Posted on February 9, 2007 by Steve

It does sound like the plot point of a Seventies post-apocalyptic film starring Yul Brynner or George Peppard. I’m glad the Norwegians are running it because I don’t trust ADM or BASF to secure the world’s food supply, they’re more likely to be … Continue reading →

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Moore’s Law gets a reprieve

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Steve

This was a pretty cool bit of news over the weekend. I wonder how soon these improved chips will be in Macs. Sadly there’s no mention of the clock speeds. At least the more efficient use of electricity and less heat … Continue reading →

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Fake iPhone Commercial

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Steve

Here’s a little something that puts the iPhone into perspective from Conan O’Brien. All without Triumph threatening to poop on it.

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More developments on “feathered” dinosaurs

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Steve

For the fifteenth Science story I was going to plug the obit on the co-developer of the Electron Microscope but that would’ve been pretty morbid. Instead I stumbled upon this stating there is evidence of the first flying dinosaurs having a … Continue reading →

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iPhone finally a reality

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Steve

I’m just glad it’s official and out of the way. Now all the fanatics can focus their attention elsewhere with the rumor sites. I don’t have any opinion of the new iPhone. I’ll see when it ships but right now, … Continue reading →

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How underwater broadband cables are fixed

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Steve

Over the holidays, I remember hearing about the earthquake that disrupted all the Internet access in the Orient. I think it affected my friend Bryant’s job since we discussed it over lunch last week. I’m definitely sure it kept my … Continue reading →

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The $100 portable computer project

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Steve

I had heard of this project a couple years ago but I figured it was a pipe dream. Now it seems this computer has become close to a reality. Personally, based upon how the article reads, this $100 portable seems to … Continue reading →

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Forget chemicals! Here comes brute, nano force!

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Steve

After my recent throat infection and reading how ineffective common drugs, such as clarithromycin have become. This possible breakthrough news on killing infections felt encouraging. Now if they can get this to work in the form of a pill, syrup or … Continue reading →

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Zune, the Edsel of MP3 Players

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Steve

Microsoft presented too hilarious a target to avoid taking a cheap shot at. I have at least a couple co-workers who work heavily with the iPod and another one who tried to see the Zune work at a big box … Continue reading →

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Futuristic Airline design is silent and more fuel efficient

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Steve

This is a pretty cool development for aviation. The story spends more words going on about all the drawbacks of current designs though. There is a link off the story about how the new design will work. I think these new SAX-40s … Continue reading →

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Apple breaks the 5% barrier

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Steve

Who knows if it’s the switch to Intel processors. Who knows if it’s the Boot Camp ability to run Windows XP directly on a Mac. Who knows if it’s the maturity of Mac OS X. Who knows if it’s the … Continue reading →

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