Remind me never to write anything positive about Microsoft or Bill Gates again (see below). The Outlook folder that contained all of my blog-related correspondence has been corrupted and Microsoft's fix-it tool doesn't. So, if you've e-mailed me in the past day or so, your message is gone -- feel free to resend it. Argh!
The U.S. and the European Space Agency collaborated to put a manmade object on Titan -- a moon of Saturn approximately 900 million miles away. If the story has piqued your interest, check out this story about a how this weekend's success was almost a colossal failure.
From the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, I present: Nirvana. This is a 102-inch TV set. This is really cool. No word on the possible retail price of this super-boob tube, but I'm pretty confident that it's beyond my means.
Slate's Mickey Kaus complains that a computerized voting machine malfunction in North Carolina is causing the state to have re-vote for agricultural commissioner. Apparently, some of the machines "lost" more votes than the margin of victory for that office. The Instapundit's response to this is: "I told you so!" Reynolds references an article he wrote […]
NASA's X-43A Scramjet set a new speed record for an air-breathing aircraft, reaching nearly 7,000 mph. Someday, San Diego to Rhode Island in just 30 minutes.
I'm working on a redesign of Hoystory.com and thought I'd solicit some assistance. I've created logos and a sample layout -- but I don't know enough about CSS to pull it off. If anyone would like to donate their expertise, it would be much appreciated. You, of course, would get effusive praise and a prominent […]
I love it when I have surreal conversations with technical support people. My Cox Cable DVR box has reset itself three times in the past 1 1/2 hours. When it does this, I'm without the boob tube for anywhere from 5-10 minutes. So, out of 90 minutes, the box is rebooting from anywhere from 15 […]
I was one of the thousands of video game nuts that went out at midnight and waited in line to buy Halo 2. Several of my friends got together and played the game until the wee hours of the morning. We're all single adults and I work nights, so this was not outrageous as far […]
CNET News' Declan McCullagh notes that Sen. John Kerry has indicated he might "defang" the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- the law that prevents you from making backup copies of your DVDs, among other things. It's an interesting idea, but I wouldn't bet a plug nickel on it. Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have […]
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds highlighted this interview of SpaceShipOne designer -- and Cal Poly alum -- Bruce Rutan. Rutan not only has a talent for aircraft design, but also experience in knowing what works: Over the decades, Rutan said, despite the promise of the Space Shuttle to lower costs of getting to space, a kid�s hope […]