I had a fantastic time at the convention yesterday. I performed
material from
Just A Geek and Dancing Barefoot to a
mostly-full theatre, and I think it was my best performance to date. I
took material from both books, and I put it together in what I hoped
would be a dramatically interesting order.
Cosmic particle accelerator seen
Cosmic particle accelerator seen
04/08/2005 09:55 AM
Astronomers have discovered a loop-like structure some 20 light-years
across
close to the centre of the Milky Way.
Particle Swarm (PSO) Toolbox
Particle Swarm (PSO) Toolbox
05/30/2004 09:06 AM
Regarding Bug Reporting
Particle in Mesh Viewer
Particle in Mesh Viewer
04/19/2005 07:06 AM
PMViewer 1.3.3
Strange but charming new particle found
Strange but charming new particle found
06/18/2004 08:17 AM
Scientists deploy leaky bucket analogy
Global particle accelerator gets the big
chill
Global particle accelerator gets the big
chill
08/23/2004 06:18 AM
Scientists go with superconducting technology
From the Higgs Boson Particle to
Leadbelly
From the Higgs Boson Particle to
Leadbelly
04/19/2004 08:32 AM
Particle collider edges forward
Particle collider edges forward
08/20/2004 10:01 AM
Physicists take a key decision on the technology to be used in the
International Linear Collider, one of the grand scientific projects of
the 21st Century.
Particle Chains Make Quantum Wires
Particle Chains Make Quantum Wires
08/02/2004 08:34 PM
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“Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England, the
National University of Singapore and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology have devised a relatively simple way to transfer data
between quantum bits, or qubits. The method is a step toward building
quantum computers, which have the potential to solve certain types of
very large problems many orders of magnitude faster than is possible
using classical computers.”…
Many Counties Failing Fine-Particle Air
Rules
Many Counties Failing Fine-Particle Air
Rules
12/19/2004 03:19 PM
About a third of all Americans live in counties that do not meet
standards for particles of pollution that cause thousands of premature
deaths a year, the E.P.A. said.
New 'Mystery Meson' Sub-Atomic Particle
Discovered
New 'Mystery Meson' Sub-Atomic Particle
Discovered
11/18/2003 12:43 PM
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Scientists
find mystery particle
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Scientists
find mystery particle
11/19/2003 08:04 AM
scientists in Japan have discovered a new sub-atomic particle that
defies current theories of matter and
energynews.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3277579.stm
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Engineered Fine Particle Applications
Conference Announced for May, 2005
Engineered Fine Particle Applications
Conference Announced for May, 2005
03/22/2005 04:48 PM
New conference focusing on commercialization issues, successes and
opportunities for engineered fine particles being held May 23-25, 2005
in Cambridge, Massachusetts and sponsored by Information Management
Institute. [PRWEB Mar 22, 2005]
One Minute Recharge For Toshiba's
Nano-Particle Coated Lithium-Ion Battery
One Minute Recharge For Toshiba's
Nano-Particle Coated Lithium-Ion Battery
04/04/2005 06:47 PM
Toshiba has announced a new lithium-ion battery technology that can
recharge 80% of its capacity in a single minute.
"scientists in Japan have discovered a
new sub-atomic particle that defies
current theories of matter and energy "
"scientists in Japan have discovered a
new sub-atomic particle that defies
current theories of matter and energy "
11/18/2003 08:58 PM
XM Discovers The Internet
XM Discovers The Internet
09/15/2004 01:39 PM
Well, it took them quite a while, but it appears that the folks at XM
Radio have finally realized that internet radio might be a bit of
competition for them, and have decided to start offering an
internet radio service themselves. They offer discounts to those
who also subscribe to their satellite radio service, but you have to
wonder if someone at XM Radio is slapping his or her head realizing
here was a way to offer radio without having to spend so much
initially on launching satellites, ensuring that the company won't
make money for many, many years. In the meantime, it's worth noting
that this is the same XM Radio that just pulled
a receiver off the market because (gasp!) they realized people
could record their stations to computers, and they were afraid that
the RIAA would sue them. Apparently, the folks at XM Radio haven't
heard of stream
ripping for online radio stations. Update: As a few people
have pointed out, this new service, more than fear over ripping, may
explain why XM pulled the service that let people move the satellite
service to their PCs. Again, though, this seems short-sighted. Why
not give your customers as many options as possible?
Circuits Discovers USB
Circuits Discovers USB
06/10/2004 11:38 AM
Reading The Times' Circuits
section invariably causes a single metallic tear to vent from my
society-integration hardware, wetting my dome. Sometimes it's from the
cognitive trauma of trying to parse whether or not they're even
talking about technology anymore or just repurposing old articles from
the Steamer Tramp Watch column or something, but sometimes --
rare, precious times -- I get misty as I watch them discover something
for the first time, as a retarded child waking from a coma would
marvel at a flower, or toilet paper, fawning over and cuddling and
gleefully showing the new technology to us. This week's blissful
bursting into awareness? Motherfucking USB. Awwww. (Thanks
to the Circuits team's case worker, Jeff.)
Read [NYTimes]
Boy discovers self kidnapped.
Boy discovers self kidnapped.
02/18/2004 08:02 PM
Boy discovers self kidnapped fourteen years earlier. Mother then
arrested. Yes, CNN.com link but a damned weird story.
What to do if your Mom discovers your
bl0g
What to do if your Mom discovers your
bl0g
11/14/2003 06:59 AM
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Circuits Discovers Shuffle
Circuits Discovers Shuffle
08/27/2004 01:48 PM
Holy shit.
I can only imagine the scene at the New York Times a few days ago,
as a team of Circuits section editors gathered around a table
in a room lit by only a single lamp, shining down at the stupefying
gadget known as... iPod.
Beads of sweat gathered on the brows and backfat of each one as
they gazed unflinchingly at the white devil, unable to unlock its
hermetic secrets; a group of men and women - elevated masters of the
occult tradition of tech journalism - their minds broken and laid bare
on the tiny aluminum altar that Apple had raised in their midst.
An intern slammed open the door, his silhouette framed by the light
from the rest of the Gray Lady's offices, pushing a wave of nauseating
synchronicity with the iPod's famous ad campaign into the room.
"Sirs, I've got dozens of great leads about technology being used
during the upcoming Republican National..." He was silenced by an
upturned palm from the Arch-Editor.
"You fool," gasped the AE, as he fell to one knee, black fluid
running from his ears, "Have you not heard? This iPod can play
music... at random."
Read - Tunes, a Hard Drive and (Just Maybe) a
Brain [NYTimes]
Related
Circuits Discovers USB [Gizmodo]
Circuits Discovers MusicPad [Gizmodo]
Circuits Discovers Dodgeball [Gizmodo]
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NYT' Exposes The Elusive iPod [Gawker]
Zoë Discovers Life in Chile
Zoë Discovers Life in Chile
03/19/2005 02:54 AM
We reported last
August that Zoë, the CMU
prototype planetary rover, was
being sent to the barren Atacama Desert
in Chile for testing. According
to articles in the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette and Nature,
testing has resulted in Zoë accurately "discovering" life using
onboard
sensors. During simulated missions, the robot was able to discovered
and
identify two forms of life: some visible lichens and some bacteria.
The
robot senses fluorescence from cells that contain chlorophyll and is
also able to spray special dyes that bind to and identify DNA,
protein,
lipids or carbohydrates. The technologies being tested will likely
find
their way into future NASA planetary exploration robots.
FBI Discovers Bill of Rights
FBI Discovers Bill of Rights
03/19/2003 10:27 PM
FBI
Discovers Bill of Rights after 138 years. No word on whether they
will sell it or use it.
RIAA discovers Internet2
RIAA discovers Internet2
04/13/2005 04:06 AM
And guess what? People are sharing stuff on it
Circuits Discovers Dodgeball
Circuits Discovers Dodgeball
05/13/2004 11:08 AM
The Times' Circuits section brings you the hottest news of last month
with this write up of the mobile social service, Dodgeball. We'll
forgive them this time, though, because Dodgeball is very cool (if I
had any friends, I would definitely use it), and because I understand
that the lead...
Esther discovers Mobl0gging
Esther discovers Mobl0gging
04/09/2004 04:11 PM
Now let's see if we can connect the dots:
Esther Dyson<->blogging/personal
publishing<->photo objects/ease of authoring,->digital
lifestyle aggregation.
new! improved! now with pictures!.
There's nothing like getting tech support from the head of the
company....so while I was talking with Elliot Noss of Tucows about the
small-business market that he serves, I also asked him how I could put
pictures into my blog. Without hesitation, he recommended that I read
the ... manual! which, lo and behold, shows it's quite easy!
What's with all the "photo albums" and select categories and
so on. It should be as easy as instantiating a link!Hey Elliot... it's
*not* that easy...! but I finally got it to work...)
herewith a picture of the Tower of London
a place made more meaningful by being featured in Neal
Stephenson's Quicksilver, which I am in
the middle of reading. (There will be a lot more of it in the third
volume of the Baroque cycle, "the System of the world," he assures
me.) that was earlier this week.
On Thursday and Friday, I was visiting notable buildings of
Washington. Here's some of the Capitol Building's underground
railway....
It runs from one side of the Capitol to another, and contains, so I
hear, components manufactured in each of the 50 states (which is why
it took many years and more than $10 million to build). It's amazingly
clean, and probably the only subway most of its senior passengers ever
ride. On the other hand, working stiffs get to use it too!
And here's my friend Manus Cooney, a lawyer and lobbyist who's
explaining these underground passageways to me; he's talking to Paul
Martino, a lawyer for the Senate Commerce Committee.
Why was I there? One - talking with the Washingon wizards about the
Accountable Net. And two - trying to find out the differences in tech
policy between the two parties... stay posted.
[EDventure]
Wait a minute! I thought Paul Martino was the CTO of Tribe.net? :-)
I've been working with Paul recently - and so his name jumped out
at me.
Paul got Tribe to support FOAF, RSS and
Jabber.
Right on to Paul. And right on to Esther to discovering the
power of Personal MEDIA Publishing!
NY Times Discovers IRC, Freaks Out
NY Times Discovers IRC, Freaks Out
05/06/2004 10:03 AM
The New York Times, in a story today entitled "The Internet's Wilder Side," gives comfort to those in law
enforcement and other nannyish places who will want to regulate
Internet Relay Chat.
The story luridly touts IRC's evils with almost no recognition of its
manifest benefits. Oh, there's the deep-in-the-story quote from
someone pointing out the free-speech part of this, and a note that
there are completely legitimate uses, but the overwhelming tone of the
piece is anti-IRC. A shame.
Circuits Discovers MusicPad
Circuits Discovers MusicPad
05/19/2004 08:43 PM
The Times' Circuits section has a information-light profile of the
"iPod for Sheet Music", the MusicPad Pro Plus. Not a whole lot of new
poop if you've read about it before, but they do mention a couple of
competing systems, including one developed by Harry Connick Jr. (that
doesn't appear...
North Korea discovers the internet
North Korea discovers the internet
12/29/2003 03:30 AM
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Nigeria discovers 50 possible cult
victims
Nigeria discovers 50 possible cult
victims
08/05/2004 04:04 PM
A-list bl0gger discovers Still Life
A-list bl0gger discovers Still Life
08/07/2004 10:17 PM
David
Weinberger is slowing down enough to smell the roses - or at least
to see a still life.
[Joho the
Blog]
Verizon Discovers Unified Messaging
Verizon Discovers Unified Messaging
08/09/2004 06:09 AM
Apparently, the telcos are being forced to innovate again, and they're
doing so by looking back at what people have talked about for ages.
The idea of "unified messaging" or "unified communications" isn't
particularly new, so it's not entirely clear why Wired News seems to
think it's absolutely amazing that Verizon
has just figured out how to offer such services. A lot of the big
telcos have been slow to offer these kinds of features, even if
smaller, nimbler companies (especially in the VoIP space) have been
messing around with them for years. In this case, Verizon is giving
some users the ability to manage voicemails, emails and text messages
via their computer or their phone, including the ability to transfer
calls to the most appropriate phone based on time of day or to
automatically transfer certain calls to voicemail. These are all
things many VoIP providers have been offering for a while, so if
anything, this is just Verizon trying to catch up.
* N Korea discovers the wonders of the
computer
* N Korea discovers the wonders of the
computer
12/26/2003 03:03 AM
Taipei Times Online Dec 26 2003 1:38AM ET
Qualcomm discovers sense of Iridigm
Qualcomm discovers sense of Iridigm
09/09/2004 03:00 PM
Snaps up next-gen display company
Whiskey Bar: Davos Discovers the Blogs
Whiskey Bar: Davos Discovers the Blogs
01/26/2004 01:47 PM
Billmon's report on the Davos blogging session ..
billmon.org/archives/000985.html
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NYT discovers the "Plam Pilot"
phenomenon
NYT discovers the "Plam Pilot"
phenomenon
01/28/2004 02:34 PM
In August, 2001, I wrote Metacrap, an
essay about the problems with user-generated, explicit metadata, where
I said,
Take eBay: every seller there has a damned good reason for
double-checking their listings for typos and misspellings. Try
searching for "plam" on eBay. Right now, that turns up nine typoed
listings for "Plam Pilots." Misspelled listings don't show up in
correctly-spelled searches and hence garner fewer bids and lower
sale-prices. You can almost always get a bargain on a Plam Pilot at
eBay.
A couple years later, the NYT has twigged to this, reporting on
bargain hunters who search eBay listings for typos.
Such is the eBay underworld of misspellers, where the clueless -- and
sometimes just careless -- sell labtop computers, throwing knifes, Art
Deko vases, camras, comferters and saphires.
They do get bidders, but rarely very many. Often the buyers are those
who troll for spelling slip-ups, buying items on the cheap and selling
them all over again on eBay, but with the right spelling and for the
right price. John H. Green, a jeweler in Central Florida, is one of
them.
Lin
k
(Thanks, Clive!)
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