This might be useful down near Weyburn, where they’re using CO2 injection in the oilfields. The CO2 currently comes by pipeline from Beulah, North Dakota: …the new device captures carbon dioxide molecules that are already in the air and releases them as a pure carbon dioxide stream. This stream can be sequestered or used to …
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Shifty eyes=better memory
The next time you’re talking to someone with keeps looking from side to side as you talk instead of right at you, don’t write them off as untrustworthy. They may just be trying to remember your name. Dr. Andrew Parker, a psychologist specializing in cognitive neuroscience at Manchester Metropolitan University in the U.K., recently presented …
When webscabs unite
Bloggasm has an excellent retrospective of International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day.
"Bad books are an essential part of life"
Praise for bad books from The New York Times: Bad books are an essential part of life, as entertaining and indispensable as bad clothing (ironic polyester shirts), bad music (John Tesh at Red Rocks, Phil Collins anywhere), bad trends (metrosexuality, not using toilet paper for a year in order to “help” the environment) and bad …
Fantasy interruptus
I spent the last week or so writing three “audition” chapters for a book packager looking for an author for a new kids’ fantasy series. They provided a detailed outline, I provided the words. It was a lot of fun, actually, and I really got into it…so much so that, now that my three chapters …
"Help! I’m being eaten by PacMan!"
That was my first reaction on seeing the EnergyPod: It’s actually, though (according to Metronaps–great company name, eh?–its manufacturer): …designed for powernapping at work. A beautiful addition to the workplace, the EnergyPod improves employee morale while boosting the bottom line. Uh-huh.
"Solid light will help us build the technology of this century."
Solid light? Apparently: “Solid light photons repel each other as electrons do. This means we can control photons, opening the door to new kinds of faster computers,” says Dr Greentree. “Many real-world problems in quantum physics are too hard to solve with today’s computers. Our discovery shows how to replicate these hard problems in a …
This might surprise a few people…
A quote from famed U.S. writer Tom Wolfe: “Bush is portrayed as a moron. I’ve only conversed with him a couple of times – not for very long – but I found he was more literate on literature than the editor of the New York Review of Books, Bob Silvers. I’ve talked to both of …
"Why are your eyes so shifty?"
“I’m trying to remember your name.”
Remember cold fusion?
Remember how it became a joke? How there was nothing to it at all? Think again: However, a recently published academic paper from the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in San Diego throws cold water on skeptics of cold fusion. Appearing in the respected journal Naturwissenschaften, which counts Albert Einstein among its …
Wikipedia…
…but with monsters! Seriously, Monstropedia looks like it could be a useful source of information, inspiration and procrastination for fantasy writers. It’s a wiki, though, so reader beware when it comes to accuracy. (Via Books, Words, and Writing.)
I am a strong black female role model…
…and proud of it! You are Uhura You are a good communicator with a pleasant soft-spoken voice. Also a talented singer. Uhura – 65%Beverly Crusher – 65%Jean-Luc Picard – 55%Worf – 55%James T. Kirk (Captain) – 50%Will Riker – 50%Chekov – 45%Leonard McCoy (Bones) – 35%Deanna Troi – 35%Spock – 34%Data – 32%Geordi LaForge – …
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