Just for fun, here's the article that I wrote on March 6th 2003 that spawned the idea for my recently issued patent. I still think it's a frightening idea, but at least now I might have some control over whether it happens. While writing a summary story on a Wired …

Mr. Gore has a point. Carol and I have been putting off going to see An Inconvenient Truth for the last few weeks out of concern over boredom, propaganda, and general bad moviemaking. The reviews of this movie by others (which many of you may know I don't usually read …

The following is the text of a letter that I wrote in response to an article in the Washington Post this morning. The article asserted that pro-net neutrality groups' call to "keep the Internet where it belongs -- in the hands of its consumers" is "empty fluff that is obviously designed …

According to an article from this morning's Washington Post, the Hubble Space Telescope, producer of many of the best space images the world has seen, is now limping along without the use of its Advanced Camera for Surveys. The project page provides some details of the ACS, which is the …

In this article from Discovery News, Bruce Charlton, Reader in Evolutionary Psychiatry at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, puts forth that he thinks many educated adults never reach mental adulthood. Thoughts anyone? There is a short paper on related ideas by Dr. Charlton.

It's been a while since I could say this about a film, but run—do not walk—to Wordplay, the new documentary about the annual crossword puzzle tournament. I know, you're wondering if I've gone completely mental at this point. But, I assure you that Carol and I spent the …

I realize that now even CNet has gotten into the act with publicizing the defection of one long-time Macintosh user (Mark Pilgrim) and another who is making noise about possibly switching (Tim Bray of Sun). So, it's time to make some more noise about what's really happening. Unfortunately, I didn't …

From Space.com, and JHU's Applied Physics Lab, Pluto's moons (heretofore referred to as S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2) have now been christened Hydra and Nix. The press release (from APL, not from the moons, which could not be reached for comment) details the mission that …

I haven't seen it yet (we're working on that), but there is an interesting article that I've been meaning to post about since early this month in the Christian Science Monitor about Al's movie, An Inconvenient Truth and other films that provide a documentary format, but a single point of …

OK, for those Simpsons lovers and math geeks out there, you probably already know this. However, for those who aren't into both (or either), there's a good article from Science News about the frightening number of little math jokes in the show. Quite frankly, I've always been impressed with the …

According to an article at treehugger, Volvo has a car that can run on five different types of fuels. It appears to have 4 fuel tanks and lots of safety features, too (which is a good thing because some of those would really cause a mess if you hit the …

As I'm sure you can already guess by now, Carol & I went to see The Da Vinci Code yesterday , a new film starring Tom Hanks, directed by Ron Howard, based on the book of the same name from Dan Brown. On balance, we enjoyed the film as a fast-paced thriller …

BusinessWeek has an article about the cost of things throughout the world. Check out the slide show that contains a list of items (including the iPod, a can of Coke, an iBook, a Big Mac, and other iconic purchases) and their current prices in various cities throughout the world (London …

The new Apple store in New York City (just off of Central Park) is being opened to the public today, and it's the last chance for the store to rest until it is shut down, if Apple keeps with their intention to run it 24x7x365. Pictures of the large glass …

Ridiculous Fish has another article working over a bad benchmark of OS X vs Linux and XP. It appears that the article has been rewritten or at least amended to deal with the fact that it was missing significant facts in the first place and so it may be replaced …

Carol and I just returned from a great trip to London to celebrate our second anniversary and whilst digging through the mail upon our return, I found no fewer than three notices from companies that make patent plaques that my RFID Patent has been issued. The issuance of the patent …

A web page on Ohio University's web site details a series of incidents involving access to social security numbers of employees, students, and alumni... now, what they need with the SSNs of 137,000 alumni is a really good question, but it's not just them. This is yet another in …

At least that's one man's opinion (actually, his wife's opinion) from the UK. In an article about switching to the Macintosh by Rob Manuel, he notes that among the many reasons he loves his Mac. Responses on his blog are typical mac vs. pc fodder, so probably not worth reading …

At least in the UK, there may be some justice on the trademark front. Apple computer is allowed to use the Apple name and logo after winning a lawsuit from Apple Corps Ltd. (the Beatles' record company). Thanks to this article in the Wall Street Journal for getting us the …

My folks were in town visiting this week, so we all went down to Bethesda to catch a movie at the Bethesda Row Cinema (since my folks don't tend to see many movies at all, much less ones that are in limited release). We decided to see Kinky Boots, a …