Archive for December, 2007
Mmmm bacon
Most periodicals and even talk shows have spent some time giving their list of the top things from 2007... sure they are mildly entertaining, but rarely do they really speak to people? Only one organization took the time to take the labored pulse of the nation, AOL has compiled a list of the top 11 things that should have bacon on them. I can [...]
Last minute gift idea
If you're wondering what to get me for Christmas and you just happen to have an extra $20,000 stuffed between your mattresses, this would definitely do the trick: EBay users can now bid on an original computer-driven car featured on the "Knight Rider" TV series in the mid-80s. The car is the last possession of slain real estate [...]
Mars under fire?
It's sad for me to think about the fact that there are plenty of people alive who don't really remember when Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter in 1994. It just happened to coincide with the Hubble Space Telescope coming online, so we had an unprecedented view of an impact for the first time. Assuming of course that it not only actually hit Mars but [...]
The Great Gift Giver?
The Glacier has joined the ranks of Presidential candidates with Christmas ads... well actually in true Clintonian fashion, it's a "Holiday" ad: "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." - Alexis de Tocqueville This video is perhaps most disturbing because [...]
Sad first for NASA
Astronaut Dan Tani's Mom Dies While He's in Space NASA was reassigning the duties of an American astronaut aboard the international space station as he grieved for his mother, who was killed when a train struck her vehicle. Rose Tani, the 90-year-old mother of astronaut Daniel Tani, died Wednesday in the Chicago suburb of Lombard. Daniel [...]
Coming soon: Warp drive?
I'm beginning to develop a love/hate relationship with Wired... they keep disapointing me with their pretty obvious leftist bias, but at the same time they've had some really cool stories lately. This time they are talking about a new paper that suggests warp drive might actually be possible: The venerable warp drive is science fiction no [...]
NASA gets screwed again
Already it seems like no one is happy with the budget that eventually made its way through Congress this week. Well, you can certainly add me to the list of malcontents. Not only does NASA have to deal with at least one Presidential candidate (Barack Obama) who wants to end US manned spaceflight, but the omnibus bill will also prevent NASA from [...]
