You know that life is out of balance. If you are looking for a provocative film that allows you to feel this problem, I have a classic video to recommend. I just saw it tonight for the first time: Koyaanisqatsi. The 1982 film was directed by Godfrey Reggio. Ron Fricke…
I really do enjoy these displays of gadgetry. Quite clever. I just wish I could read the little notes at the end of each episode--I assume I'm missing a good joke. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6AJcUIx0So[/youtube]
Scientific American has just published a comprehensive article on how to switch the United States substantially over to sunlight. The headline: "By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions." The cost of this immense clean-energy-producing plan would be $420 billion. That's a HUGE…
I remember when the FBI unleashed their "Carnivore" internet monitoring system in the 1990's. Everyone was up in arms because the FBI could listen in to all email and run it through filters to store a database of all emails containing suspicious phrases, or from specific addresses. The controversy got…
I have a box before me, the determination of the disposition of which is at hand. "Huh?" you may well ask. I need room, and gotta choose stuff to throw away. This box is from my first job out of school, when I was as an industrial robotics designer. I…