Monthly Archive: July 2005

Jul 31 2005

The answer is an emphatic “Yes!”

The question is, “Should humans be allowed to live forever?” The problem is, some people think differently. From the above post: Clearly Dr. Nuland is convinced that immortality would destroy the human species. That is a plausible belief, but one I don’t share, and one that I doubt is shared by nearly as many other …

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Jul 31 2005

Interesting new biography of Jimi Hendrix

It’s called Room Full of Mirrors. The Seattle PI has a review.

Jul 30 2005

You probably already know about the ice lake on Mars, but did you actually look at the pictures?

These photographs are amazing. If you have the bandwidth you should click on the pictures and download the high resolution versions. Cool!

Jul 30 2005

Chris Pirillo has some blogging advice

How Not to get Fired for Blogging

Jul 29 2005

The big thing on TV this fall? Think weird. Think strange. Think boring clones of Lost.

The Seattle PI is reporting that sci-fi is having yet another comeback on network television: In fact, UPN and Fox, former home of “The X-Files,” are only networks shunning the bandwagon of strange this season. Why is TV suddenly getting a case of the creeps? “I think you can answer that in three words: ‘Lost,’ …

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Jul 29 2005

Could methane gas concentrations indicate life on Titan?

Great article on NewScientistSpace.com: Has Huygens found life on Titan? Titan’s atmosphere is about 5 per cent methane, and Chris McKay of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffet Field, California, thinks that some of it could be coming from methanogens, or methane-producing microbes. Now he and Heather Smith of the International Space University in Strasbourg, …

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Jul 28 2005

I’m a computer god! Are you surprised?

Jul 28 2005

Space tourism goes to the next level

The Russians say they will give you a ride around the moon for a measly hundred million bucks.

Jul 28 2005

Sign of the times

TV Guide changes format to have fewer listings and smaller circulation

Jul 27 2005

Hey Hillary! What about this other game kids play?

Steven Berlin Johnson has an editorial in the L.A. Times where he asks some interesting questions of politicians seeking to investigate the video gaming industry. ‘Hillary vs. the Xbox: Game over‘ I’d like to draw your attention to another game whose nonstop violence and hostility has captured the attention of millions of kids — a …

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