Arsenic based DNA/RNA bacteriaKinda scary stuff. Not based on arsenic purely, but capable of substituting arsenic in for phosphorus (as far as I can tell), in DNA/RNA and the usual phospholipid bilayer of the cell membrane ( Read more... )

Kinect lives at my house now. For those who don't know, it's the motion sensor package for Xbox.

I HAVE BUSTED A MOVE.

That is all.

Because this amused me too much: The infinite Wil Wheaton.

This was just too cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdaMBB62vrg.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100908/ap_on_re_us/quran_burningIt's tactless, it's rude, and it probably will have a negative effect on how the US is perceived overall. On the other hand, we claim to have a free country where free speech rights are observed, including symbolic speech. I don't see how you can have one without the other ( Read more... )

Total triumph! This movie was so far in my wheelhouse, it is, for me, that rarest of rare things:

INSTANT CULT CLASSIC.

If you have a soft spot for video games and occasionally nerdy humor, and no fear of the utterly surreal, GO SEE THIS.

I laughed my ass off. I'd go see it again, and pay money to do so. That's how much fun I had.

I blame a mailing list at work, but I had to iconify this.

Work is still work. Product line is still dead. Other shoe is still waiting to drop.

I did enjoy my vacation, though, and read a bunch of books and lingered on the beach listening to the surf. Very peaceful. So I'm at least in a better frame of mind than I was a month ago. This is

Inception - don't read any more reviews and go see it. Then when you're done and you've had time to think about it, go see it again. You will not catch all of the details in the first viewing ( Read more... )

Artificial corneas. We're getting closer to a lot of the things I've been expecting to see in the way of prosthetic replacements.

http://singularityhub.com/2010/06/02/germanys-artificial-cornea-getting-ready-to-restore-sight-to-thousands/Now I just want someone to do the same basic thing with spinal discs. Given the requirements of how it has to ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100514/od_nm/us_swearing_rights.

I am suitably heartened that someone's willing to protect my poor language habits.