My posting has been sporadic for some time, so it’s time to dump the accumulated links.<\/p>\n
The Younger Generation<\/strong><\/p>\n Not all is lost, as shown by this Google science fair winner<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fun\/Funny Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n Personally, I don’t think synchronized swimming should be part of the Olympics, but I recognize that some people enjoy watching it. With that in mind, I’d like to present the Russian synchronized swimming team<\/a>.<\/p>\n I had no idea that lab techs had such fun on the job<\/a>.<\/p>\n I have a lot of problems with President Obama, but I’m amazed and horrified to learn that he’s covering up jump-gate technology to Mars<\/a>.<\/p>\n British boy’s comics are not doing well<\/a>. I used to read a number of them when I was a young boy in England, and for years I kept my copy of the 1962 Eagle Annual<\/a>, but I think I lost it years ago.<\/p>\n So, this guy in the Netherlands had his FaceBook page hacked by his younger brother. He got revenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n There’s a song<\/a> to teach you how to pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.<\/p>\n Want to be a financial backer for a horror film? Here’s your chance<\/a>. There’s even a pun in the title.<\/p>\n Here’s another Kickstarter project (music this time)<\/a>, but I must say that this one seems a little “off” to me.<\/p>\n Some people have interesting jobs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sometimes, a product will garner all sorts of interesting reviews. The “Bic Crystal for Her” pen is one such<\/a>.<\/p>\n These pens<\/a>, however, need no amusing review comments. Probably safe from borrowing, too.<\/p>\n Max thinks our society is doomed<\/a>. I don’t disagree, but I do see the need.<\/p>\n I may have to spend some time at the Museum of Unnatural History<\/a>.<\/p>\n This<\/a> is a cruel joke.<\/p>\n Science project genius<\/a>!<\/p>\n Learning Japanese? Mangajin<\/a> was a good resource.<\/p>\n I’m not into baseball, but this<\/a> is a fascinating story.<\/p>\n Cats don’t seem reliable enough for the CIA to use them in surveillance<\/a>. That appears to have been borne out.<\/p>\n There are no dangerous weapons, only dangerous people<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are, however, ludicrous weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n Some logo designers need to be supervised<\/a>.<\/p>\n Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n A dynamic periodic table of elements<\/a> is a fun toy.<\/p>\n How to make an abacus in an Altoids tin<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Chinese noodle-slicing robot<\/a>. Fun, useful, and fascinating to watch.<\/p>\n A hoverbike<\/a>? I’d love one, but I’d have loved it more when I was younger.<\/p>\n How the Navy taught people about computers in 1962<\/a>.<\/p>\n Graphene is a fascinating material. It appears that molybdenum disulfide<\/a> is similarly attractive, and is more useful in certain areas.<\/p>\n Wind energy is not a good deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Renewable energy in general is not a good deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Printing images at 100000 dpi<\/a>.<\/p>\n MPEG-H is the new compression standard for video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Two mammoth skeletons have been found on an Iowa farm<\/a>.<\/p>\n It appears that fathers (or, more specifically, older fathers) contribute significantly to autism and schizophrenia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Convergence in inheritance<\/a>.<\/p>\n Science toys you can make with your kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n Telepresence with iPads<\/a>.<\/p>\n Celebrities often get science wrong. Someone has decided to do something about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pickled brains<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is a fascinating graph<\/a> on technology adoption rates.<\/p>\n I’ve backed a few projects on Kickstarter so far. Not any of the most successful ones<\/a>, though, although I did consider backing the Pebble watch.<\/p>\n Harvard scientists have encoded a 53000-word book in DNA<\/a>. Evolutionary literature?<\/p>\n Underwater living is becoming possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n The fraternal organization of chimpanzees<\/a>. No evidence of funny hats, though.<\/p>\n I’m a touch typist. I also have (and occasionally use) Dragon Naturally Speaking, which is a speech recognition input method. Soon, we may be able to dispense with that<\/a>, also.<\/p>\n I’ve long been interested in 3d displays. I still have a pair of Haitex X-Specs<\/a> tucked away in my garage. I’m concerned about the durability of this one<\/a>, however.<\/p>\n Could this<\/a> have been the source of the stories of Atlantis or Noah’s ark?<\/p>\n I’d be interested in seeing this lecture on safes and safecracking<\/a>.<\/p>\n I’m absolutely amazed by the size of fairy wasps<\/a>.<\/p>\n I gave serious consideration to placing this discussion of women’s breasts and a general theory of ogling<\/a> in the “Fun Stuff” section.<\/p>\n I was aware that we shared most of our DNA with chimpanzees. I was not<\/em> aware that most of the differences are on the Y chromosome<\/a>.<\/p>\n I used to have a t-shirt that said, “Montserrat: Land of Beautiful Women and Mountain Chicken. I had not known that Mountain Chicken is a breed of frog<\/a>, though … I thought it was a nickname.<\/p>\n I’m going to have to watch this film<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is a neat (and heart-warming) use<\/a> of 3D printing technology.<\/p>\n Something tells me that this guy isn’t impressed with Windows 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n Matt Ridley isn’t too fearful of a looming apocalypse<\/a>.<\/p>\n A lost species has been brought back to life<\/a>.<\/p>\n And, wood pulp is finding new use as a high-tech material<\/a>.<\/p>\n Politics and Society<\/strong><\/p>\n Don’t expect much in this section. This is already a long post, and this section could make it much<\/em> longer. I don’t see the need to do that, particularly since anyone following politics on the internet has probably seen much of this already.<\/p>\n So, about those nonexistent Iraqi WMD<\/a> …<\/p>\n Do you know how much you’re paying<\/a> in taxes? Some myths and misconceptions about tax rates<\/a> are addressed here. Meanwhile, taxes are about to go up<\/a>. The Democrats have no plan<\/a>, and the White House says that the only plan out there doesn’t balance the budget fast enough<\/a> for them?<\/p>\n Larger cuts than are currently proposed can’t balance the budget<\/a>. The necessary cuts would be incredibly massive, such that nobody would propose them, and nobody else would accept them.<\/p>\n Then again, the Senate hasn’t passed a budget since April 29, 2009<\/a>. The federal budget hasn’t been balanced at all since 1969<\/a>.<\/p>\n Taxs aren’t the only thing going up; energy prices are<\/a>, also.<\/p>\n Media bias is evidenced in many ways<\/a>. In many ways<\/a>. Many<\/a>. Ways<\/a>. Many<\/a>. Many<\/a>. (I feel like I should add “Tekel, Upharsin” here, which is probably more apropos than I originally thought.)<\/p>\n I guess this shows who Obama considers important<\/a>.<\/p>\n What might we expect if Obama is reelected<\/a>?<\/p>\n What could possibly go wrong with government control of your personal networking equipment<\/a>?<\/p>\n What could possibly go wrong with the DOJ preferentially hiring dwarves, schizophrenics, and the intellectually disabled<\/a>? That’s not the only problem<\/a> with federal hiring\/appointments. Not by a long shot<\/a>.<\/p>\n Interesting discussion on the gender orientation of television shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n Those “lice-infested, dirty murderers” … like me<\/a>?<\/p>\n