April 2012
5 posts
Space Cowboys
This is too good. Not as good as the Jellies I mentioned previously, but pretty close. Hat-tip due, of course, to Captain Capitalism for the link-in. I’m a big fan of the One-Minute Physics and I just found a similar series, here the talk about the ramifications of the Higgs-Boson (jokingly refered to as the God-Particle on occasion).
Food for thought anyways, cheers.
The Jellyfish Win.
Dude,
How ridiculous is this? For those of you who are Cal Poly grads, you know all about Diablo Canyon, or have at least heard about it. Everyone else, the nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon is a big deal - its based in the central coast of California and generates a lot of power: It was one of the big inspirations for my earlier posts on this subject (Unlimited Power, March 21st 2011).
The...
The Leaving of Google
Finally gonna chance it,
This entry is my attempt to leave the Google-plex. Its going to be a bit of a process unfortunately. Moved from Chrome to Iron a while back and have been pleased with that transition. Made myself a lavabit email account months ago but just got to setting it up. Unfortunately everyone knows me via Gmail so - even though I’m moving all my contacts and important...
Emergency Induction Port
I love the Mass Effect series all over. The original is my favorite gameplay wise, 2 has a soft spot in my heart for allowing me to finally romance the Tali of my dreams and (despite the ending) I was rocked by ME3 - it was an emotional ride I’ve never had from a game. While I’m still enjoying the ME3 multiplayer, I’m more or less done with the series until the extended...
Why Tolerance is Condescending. →
Hit the title for a link to Penn Jillette’s theory of objective reality and tolerance. How interesting is that? If you’re not familiar with them already, check out a series of youtube vids called “Big Think”. Cool stuff on life, the world, and theoretical physics from some smart people (think Michio Kaku).
