We’re hurtling toward a major vehicle purchase. The whole idea of jousting with salesmen makes my head hurt. I think I need to investigate out how to do it through a broker. The end to a very long week has … Continue reading
Just for fun: star wars fan film awards at AtomFilms. [shockwave required] Tomorrow’s event at the Preserve is the highlight (imho) of Nevada Archaeology Awareness and Historic Preservation Week. There will be at least 18 groups associated with the prehistory … Continue reading
Zen Buddhist Order of Hsu Yun (ZBOHY), Home Page “Grandmaster Jy Din is seriously ill in the hospital. We know how much he has enjoyed receiving holiday cards from his Internet friends around the world, and we’re hoping that you’ll … Continue reading
ny times: A Man Who Would Shake Up Science. [garret (two days ago)] Stephen Wolfram’s 1,197-page tome, A New Kind of Science is out. The blurb makes it sound as though he is addressing emergent properties, perhaps similar to Emergence. … Continue reading
[Rocky Mountain Locust] “In 1875, a swarm of roughly 10 billion insects moved across Nebraska. It was about 1,800 miles long and at least 110 miles wide. Think about that for a moment.” [View from an Iowa Homestead] I’m trying … Continue reading
Multi-Hazzard Mapping Initiative – Atlas [garret] GIS on the web. I didn’t look into this a couple of years ago because I was neck deep in graduate school. Now I need to play catch-up. This is a very good service … Continue reading
“I just saw this—today [note: posted on May 11] is the scheduled release of an 80-minute VHS documentary on Douglas Adams, called Life, The Universe, and Douglas Adams. Here is a link to the press release.” [Forty-two (blog)] Mozilla 1.0 … Continue reading
Ian Just a happy little guy sitting in his scooter thing. Taken last Saturday on 4 May when he was six and a half months old. PapaScott Scott (PapaScott), Frauke and Christopher Ryan Hanson were in town a while back. … Continue reading
I just love it when Susan gets on a roll. I am remiss in noting that PapaScott, Frauke and Christopher Ryan are back home in Germany after their adventures on this side of the Big Pond. I will try to … Continue reading
The Booknotes Post-equinox Southwest Road Trip made a stop at casa dangerousmeta this afternoon. Stem Cell Research: It’s Call Your Senator Day [Alwin] “Don’t let the Luddites ciminalize stem cell research. If you support this important work, please help out … Continue reading
