A friend of mine sent me this. I thought it was very cool. Eternity in Measured Time On the Island of Thor there is a rock. It’s a thousand miles high, and It’s a thousand miles wide. Once every million years, A small bird comes to sharpen his beak. Read more…
I just caught word of NASA’s new mission to the moon whose sole purpose is to scout for water. Excellent. However… the article I read (and I *hope* it’s the author, and not NASA making this statement) suggests that water is important as drinking water and as rocket fuel. Please… Read more…
I cringe every time I see an ad for “high-speed” this-or-that cabling, such as USB(1) cables. I cringe because undoubtedly many people now believe that “speed” has something to do with the cabling. Trust me: it’s a piece of wire with some plastic wrapped around it. Properly crafted(2)(3) it has Read more…