12 Dec 11
"Rigorous studies on fracking have been sparse, and the impassioned debate has raged on. A new investigation by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at a site in Wyoming is one of the first to look thoroughly at the potential link between fracking operations and groundwater contamination. The agency’s report was released yesterday—and it provides a clear link between fracking and water supply problems."
3 Dec 11
This about scratches every geeky itch I have. Awesome.
The Animals House of the Rising Sun Old School Computer Remix (by bd594)
27 Nov 11
"You know what would kill Shelob, don’t you. A good hard whack with “A Dance With Dragons.” #ALargeBookIsComing"
John Scalzi live-tweets a Lord of the Rings marathon…
26 Nov 11
13 Nov 11
We live in astonishing times.
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS (by Michael König)
2 Nov 11
27 Oct 11
the understatement: Android Orphans: Visualizing a Sad History of Support
Why I don’t bother with Android…
The announcement that Nexus One users won’t be getting upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich led some to justifiably question Google’s support of their devices. I look at it a little differently: Nexus One owners are lucky. I’ve been researching the history of OS updates on Android phones…
24 Oct 11
6 Oct 11
Boing Boing
BoingBoing has one of the most effective tributes to Steve Jobs - check out today’s layout and appearance.
29 Sep 11
"Productive stupidity means being ignorant by choice. Focusing on important questions puts us in the awkward position of being ignorant. One of the beautiful things about science is that it allows us to bumble along, getting it wrong time after time, and feel perfectly fine as long as we learn something each time."
