Science, persistence, and NASA
I was reading Discover magazine today and found an article about the New Horizons project. Basically, its a robotic exploration craft being sent to Pluto to gather some close-in data…
Toxoplasma parasites a cause of schizophrenia?
I was reading today about a new study that shows that rats infected with toxoplasma parasites are "controlled" by the parasite to perform acts beneficial to it. Some of these…
World record set for human flight distance
Steve Fossett, a millionaire who likes to break records, has successfully completed a flight setting a new world record for solo non-stop distance. His plane, the GlobalFlyer, was designed and…
Fun with search engines…or why the title of this site changed today
Hello, my name is Kelly Adams....and I'm a searchaholic. I like to Google. Google is my friend. Well, most of the time its my friend. Until, that is, I search…
NSLU2 (Linksys networked storage) and Linux SMB/Samba
I really do like my little Linksys storage link. But I've run into a problem with it that is perplexing. One of the reasons I got the NSL was to…
Will Matrixstream do for IPTV what Vonage did for VOIP?
Voice over IP is so last year. Now companies are looking at delivering television and movies to your home over the Internet. And MatrixStream has hardware and software they hope…
AT&T, Bell, Telus- Internet not a “free ride”
There have been recent news stories about how some Internet service providers are going to put an end to the "free ride" all of us consumers are getting. Various news…
Network Storage almost in the palm of my hand…
I've started on my 2006 computer upgrade process. The first thing I wanted to get done was to set up network storage for backup and file sharing on my home…
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG): another Firefox advantage
I've heard of SVG before, and was vaguely aware that Firefox 1.5 included an SVG rendering system in its standard feature set. But I hadn't really played with it, so…
HD DVD versus Blu-Ray…
You probably own a DVD player, and likely a number of DVD movies. But if you have or are thinking about buying a high definition television, there is one thing…