Check out this incredible photo essay from someone who stayed in New Orleans during the hurricane and the flooding (and then made it safely out to Texas). (Via By the Way.)
You are your own generator…
…with this high-tech backpack that creates electricity while you hike, and is more comfortable than a regular backpack, to boot.
Why didn’t I think of this?
A new use for unpublished manuscripts and unproduced screenplays. (Via Roger L. Simon.)
"You appear to be constructing a molecule, would you like help with that?"
Here’s an interesting overview of where nanotechnology might take us–sooner than anyone thinks.
Slow-motion movies of molecular processes?
That’s the promise of Ultrafast Electron Microscopy. What’s it good for? Listen to organic chemist Derek Lowe: “We’d be able to see catalyst molecules moving and rearranging as they do their work, and watch the shifting environment of metal atoms inside enzyme active sites. Subtle changes in crystal structures, happening too fast for us to …
Bob Peak
In the category of “Someone I’ve Never Heard of Whose Work I’ve Long Admired,” I give you Bob Peak. Check out the movie poster gallery in particular. From Camelot to My Fair Lady to The Black Stallion to Star Trek: The Motion Picture…almost every movie I remember fondly from my peak movie-going years (i.e., before …
A camera in the wild
Man, how cool is this? A live camera at a watering hole in Botswana. Amazing. And more interesting than at least 75 percent of what’s on TV! (Via Cold Ground.)
Slow blogging day…
I haven’t posted much the last couple of days as I worked to polish off my children’s biography of Jimi Hendrix… Which (ta-da!) I have done! Yay! Now I can worry about all those other deadlines rushing my way…
Turn it up!
Summer is the time for outdoor concerts, but even when 20,000 people gather in a muddy field, they take it for granted that they’ll be able to clearly hear the music…and complain if they don’t. We’re so used to electronically amplified sound the only time we give it any thought is when it doesn’t work …
This is a far-reaching disaster
From the CBC News website: It is estimated there are still between two and five thousand people left in the squalor at the Superdome waiting to be rescued. According earlier reports, those left at the Skydome could be there until Sunday. (Emphasis added.) Wow, hurricane refugees in Toronto’s Skydome. Who knew the disaster was so …
Hurricane damage to cultural institutions
Not the prime concern, but still of concern: here’s a status report on cultural institutions affected by Hurricane Katrina. My first reaction: not as bad as I feared.
Aid for Katrina victims
Bloggers everywhere today are promoting donations in aid of the victims of Hurrican Katrina. I chose to give through the Canadian Red Cross. Instapundit is coordinating, and has an extensive list of other ways to donate. Be generous.
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