Category Archives: Ideas

RSA’s Excellent New Videos

Ten years ago I wished I could have an illustrator to explain my virtual debating ideas exactly like this. I wasn’t articulate enough at the time, but watching such effective communication in action reminds me of all the ideas I had given up trying to ever communicate.
If you don’t like these ideas, [...]

If You Want To Understand Space Travel

Meditate on these.

Help Wanted: Tier II Tech Support

Tier II Tech Support
We [sic] a fast paced importer/exporter seeking a qualified candidate to increase the efficiency of our operations and provide tier II phone support to our sales staff of menopausal christian women and financially desperate managers.
Candidate must have
-college degree from someplace not laughable
-5-7 years experience with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Turbopascal
-CCNA, [...]

Holiday Recommendations - AE Seal of Encouraged Entertainment

Pandorum, District 9 and Stargate Universe - We got serious, hardcore science fiction this year and I’m thankful.
Dexter, Californication, Party Down and True Blood - These shows have been excellent this year.  We got mythic serial characters this year and I’m thankful.
Redbelt - This is a very serious movie whose ideals I seek to live [...]

The Nature of Microsoft Issues vs. Mac/Linux issues

Consider: A Windows PC is brought in to the shop where I work with the following message appearing after every boot, just as the desktop appears:
“Xprcedrtfsc.exe cannot be found.   The result of 000×21eag325 was returned from the session”
This message appears just above a big ‘Ok’ button every time you log on, which you must click [...]

Incredible Microscope Photography

Here.

SciAm’s Optical Illusion Page, Much Fun

Here.

Breakthroughs

RNA Logic
and
Bucky Paper
The future just got more interesting.
If RNA can hold logic, all life can become a processor. If you put a few of those bucky paper sheets together, bullets are going to go out of style and jet packs are going to steeply increase in fuel efficiency.
Beware! [...]

Other Universes?

I keep hearing talk of other universes
I would like to put this rumor to rest, once and for all. There can only be one universe. ‘Uni’ means one, a single of them, whatever it is. As in ‘Unicycle.’ We’re not going to be discovering new wheels on a unicycle.
What we [...]