Dale Amon has some thoughts, though as I note in comments, Mercury is an unlikely prospect for prospecting.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
Electronic Contact Lenses
A long and fascinating article on a revolutionary technology.
Please, Microsoft
A campaign to save XP. Though I’m still using Windows 2000, myself.
So, What’s The Catch?
This seems like a pretty big breakthrough.
Using patented microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, Coskata ethanol is produced via a unique three-step conversion process that turns virtually any carbon-based feedstock
So, What’s The Catch?
This seems like a pretty big breakthrough.
Using patented microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, Coskata ethanol is produced via a unique three-step conversion process that turns virtually any carbon-based feedstock
So, What’s The Catch?
This seems like a pretty big breakthrough.
Using patented microorganisms and transformative bioreactor designs, Coskata ethanol is produced via a unique three-step conversion process that turns virtually any carbon-based feedstock
DIY Triodes
As the comments indicate, this video really is amazing. I don’t have the patience for this sort of thing, but I’m always in awe at craftsmen like this. And making vacuum tubes is becoming a lost art. I know that starting in the nineties, some of the more obscure types were available only from Russia. Fortunately, Sylvania and GE continued to make the most common ones.
This Looks Like The Future Of Displays
Unless there’s a big change in my finances for the better though, I suspect its a few years off for me. More here.
[Via Instapundit, who has me very envious this week, as he gets to go to the CES for Pop Mechanics]
Word is Back
I just lost four hours of work when Word 2007 12.0.6015.5000 died. Last time that happened that badly was when I was working on my dissertation in 1996. It not only killed the open file, but all of the open word files. No autorecover. Custom bullets then bam. Save early save often. My wife’s compact flash card is off to data recovery, too. Must have been that horseshoe that was pointed down. You might think Microsoft would tell me if my autorecovers are failing to save? Open the pod bay door HAL. Anyway, I didn’t have this problem with 2003. Ugh.
Bird Flu Redux?
Fortunately, it appears that they caught it from birds. But we can’t let our guard down.