Posts under ‘Technology’

Probably everyone knows that 40 years ago yesterday, Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center. There’s an understandably large amount of publicity leading up to the fortieth anniversary of the moon landing. What you might not know about are some of the interesting online resources associated with the anniversary: The NASA image gallery from [...]

That’s what it means when we’re targetted by email scams, right? *ELSEVIER:* *BUILDING INSIGHTS; BREAKING BOUNDARIES* *MANUSCRIPTS SUBMISSION* Dear Colleague, On behalf of all the Editors-in-chief of Elsevier Journals, we wish to Communicate to you that we are currently accepting manuscripts in all Fields of human Endeavour. All articles published will be peer-reviewed. The following [...]

Maybe, maybe not. But it will be very interesting to see. Wolfram Alpha should go live tonight (should be live by now, but doesn’t seem to be up yet).

Science, politics… all the fun all at once. Among the 30 OEDC countries, the United States is number one in health expenditures, but 28 in infant mortality, and 24 in overall life expectancies. We also work the most hours per week, and are the third richest country. But then, we are obese, and don’t get [...]

I have complicated computer requirements. Linux data processing software is essential to my health and well-being. (Yes, I’m serious. Don’t look at me like that.) I have a fancy expensive toy tool with Windows-only drivers, but using Windows makes me insane. I adore my Linux netbook for first drafts, email, web surfing, but it’s too [...]

I had several problems installing ubuntu alongside Fedora Core 8. I had to rummage all over the internet to find solutions, so I’m collecting them all into one place here. Objective: Install Ubuntu alongside Fedora so I can decide whether to upgrade Fedora or switch entirely to Ubuntu on this box. Step 1: The usual: [...]

Despite good intentions, I haven’t yet mentioned Ada Lovelace Day here yet. In honor of her birthday on March 24, bloggers will be posting essays about women in technology who inspired them. Mine is a bit unorthodox, perhaps, but was an easy choice for me, and gave me an excuse to tackle a recent biography [...]

Once again, I fail at “5 things make a post”. Coraline was fantastic – go see it. The stop motion was incredible. I want to watch it in slow motion to try to figure out what they did. The story was short for the length of the movie: there were a lot of gee-whiz scenes [...]

Is it just too geeky to want to get a new Toyota Matrix so I can name it Eigen? My little old Geo Prizm is going to need to be replaced by something NOT old enough to vote, and with a bit more room for 2 people and dog. It’s been a remarkable car, but [...]

With the Inauguration of a new US president, we get many new things: a new Cabinet, new inspiration, new hope. And also, new toys. Edit: The original site seems to have gone away (maybe they weren’t tested for lead?), but others were smart enough to grab the images. The President gets a cool new toy [...]