So I am working away today, listening to fabulous North Country Public Radio and I realize I have been half-listening to hours of coverage of Stephen Hawking new idea about black holes. These hours of half-interested listening have had a few effects:  •  I am not arguing with the radio in my mind …

So...remember they sent two robots to Mars?  •  They found a salt lick. Some martian spilled the Swiss Chalet sauce a bazillion years ago.

From the most excellent Flea, comes the tale of the capture of meteor light on surveillance cameras. Here are three, all under a MB so a fairly speedy download:  •  movie onemovie twomovie three  •  Lovely. Reminds me that I forgot to see the transit of Venus this morning. Must remember for 2012.

Some guys want to find that one can of beer in the case after case they buy that has a special musical widget that lets them go to a party with models in swimsuits. Some guys was to be discovered as the missing ingredient to a policital party, baseball team or heavy metal band. Me? I want to …

I find the following quote on today's horrible events in Iraq odd:  •  “The U.S. military said it could not confirm the attack and was investigating the incident. "I cannot comment on this because we have not received any reports from our units that this has happened nor that any were involved in …

So...do I really want a house that monitors what I do? I mean...what do I do at home what I want recorded for posterity? Will the Hal 2000 home warn me that I must be getting a cold because I have blown my nose in the bathroom five times in an hour? A really smart house would do well to stay out …

I love fun web games that have neato results statements like:  •  “The fireball is below the horizon. There is no  •  direct thermal radiation.”  •  Whew...except...this is a real time, real outcome  •  widget to figure out how you would be affected in the case of an asteroid  •  strike. It takes …

This article from The New York Times via Boing about Toys R Us and others changing digital punch card records of workers hours is a good lesson in the down-side of the digital world:  •  “Experts on compensation say that the illegal doctoring of hourly employees' time records is far more prevalent …

This is great news. Two firms have announced a 150 wind turbine operation on Wolfe Island off Kingston. In today's (quick linking rotting) Whig-Standard it says:  •  “Arenewable energy firm and a hydro company have agreed to build a $400-million wind farm on Wolfe Island, the firms announced …