Coming Soon: Google AdSense
Well, I've resisted for quite a while, but I've decided to add Google AdSense to my site. What will this mean? If you are familiar with AdSense, what I'll be…
Black holes, LHC, Star Wars, quantum uncertainty… if it is of general geek interest, but doesn’t fit into one of the other categories, it lands here.
Christmas season…
I'm feeling reasonably "jolly" this Christmas season, but for some reason I'm not feeling very "christmassy". I tried to go out and do some Christmas shopping, but I just couldn't…
Accelerando: asking my favorite question
I have always liked science fiction. One of the first books I read after "Clifford the Dog" were some old Tom Swift books...then on to Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlan, Arthur…
Worst. Movie. Ever.
Its been one of those days...not much I want to do, not much I have to do. So, I tuned in a movie on one of the "free" movie channels.…
Smokin’ hot CPU
We had a power failure today at our house while I was at work. When I got home I restarted my web server and it ran for about a minute…
Lest we forget…hug a veteran!
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. I'm more or less anti-war, pro-peace. But I have a ton of respect for people who serve their country and put themselves in harms way. I'm…
Blog timetravel…or when timestamps collide
I just spent fifteen minutes or so trying to figure out why a blog post I edited here disappeared. Apparently, between my blog editor (Ecto) and my blog software (Wordpress),…
I’ve been touched by his noodly appendage!
Kansas has enacted new laws to permit instruction in "Intelligent Design" (I.E. God created Earth and all life 6,000 years ago...) in schools. At first, I was horrified by this:…
The danger of knowing too much…
I'm catching up on some reading while I'm sick with the flu. I finished reading "The Da Vinci Code", which was a lot better than I expected. Basically, a mystery…
Living dead…
I'm worn out and tired today. I'm feeling like I'm starting to catch a cold. It rained all day, and my car still isn't fixed. As I shuffled about the…