Sunday
20Dec2009
The Known Universe
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 5:43PM in Science A wonderful animation from the American Museum of Natural History illustrating what we’ve seen of our universe… and what we haven’t.
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 5:43PM in Science Sunday
08Nov2009
The Real Health Care Situation
Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 11:48PM in General NPR’s This American Life provided a excellent 60 minutes on the real issues of Health Care in America. It is worth your time: http://is.gd/4Qbjk.
Sunday
19Jul2009
Like Watching Someone Else Be There…
Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 2:41AM in Technology This strikes me as something really neat to see someone else do, but not very useful or practical to build tools. A stepping stone, I know, for innovation yet to come; I just can’t help feeling we’ll have to endure several years of lame “Your Face as a Duck” web applet games before anything really interesting emerges—in reality or virtual reality.
Saturday
04Jul2009
Digital Divide
Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 6:12PM in Politics, Technology Ars Technica has an interesting piece on the overall broadband penetration across the world. How Wide is the World’s Digital Divide, Anyway? probably won’t shock too many people in the IT world, but it is a worthwhile reminder of how far we have left to go to provide an important technology, and means of communication and empowerment, to everyone.
Friday
26Jun2009
Baloney Detection Kit
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 3:44AM in Popular Culture, The Mind This video should be played on a gargantuan screen in front of the Fox News home office… And CNN, for that matter.