Well, finals are finished (all two that I took), and activity has quieted down for me with winter break upon us. I have a medical school interview on the 29th, a bit of work to finish, but overall things are well. Oh, and I got … Read More →
Monthly Archives: December 2004
Warped
I feel like a four-dimensional creature trapped in a universe of eleven dimensions. I shouldn’t feel those extra degrees of freedom, but they seem to be tugging from all directions. Must…get…a…grip…
Hooked on Stargate Atlantis
!(aligncenter)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/atlantis.jpg(Stargate Atlantis)!:http://www.scifi.com/atlantis/ I think I can safely place the blame for my fascination with this new series squarely on my futurist tendencies. Although this wonderfully-different sci-fi hit is set in the present, the characters have access to advanced technology created by the Ancients, the an … Read More →
We are drowning
Our culture proclaims freedom in this land, freedom from tyranny, freedom from oppression, freedom to worship (or not), freedom to speak our minds. Little do many lemming Americans realize that we are indeed increasingly not free. Case in point: FCC mandates broadcast flag, “software patents”:http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/intro/index.html, … Read More →
Thinking Like a Genius
“Thinking like a Genius”:http://www.studygs.net/genius.htm The geek’s path to salvation. “WiebeTech Micro Storage Solutions – An Overview of FireWire”:http://www.wiebetech.com/pressreleases/firewireevolution.pdf The death of FireWire beyond 400 Mb/s? “Kardashev scale”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale The human species is almost a one! Do you think we will make it in our lifetimes? “Dyson … Read More →
Ted
I just discovered that my flights to and from Denver in January for the trek across the country to the Inauguration events will be with “Ted Airlines”:http://www.flyted.com/ and I am excited. I hear they have great service, comfortable seating, and good food. Should be fun. … Read More →
State of Fear
!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/stateoffear.jpg(Michael Crichton’s State of Fear)! Last week, I stopped by my local book place, “Sundance Bookstore”:http://www.sundancebookstore.com/, to pick up the “New York Times”:http://www.nytimes.com/ to get a look at that great community-supported “Mozilla Firefox”:http://www.mozilla.org ad “as seen here”:http://www.mozilla.org/images/nyt_ad_large_2004.png. While there, I remembered that I had heard … Read More →