Archive for August, 2007

Book Review: Folk of the Fringe

Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Books, LDS Life, Orson Scott Card, Religion, Society | 2 Comments »

When I see a new Orson Scott Card book pop-up on Audible.com, I snatch it up and give it a listen. So when Folk of the Fringe came up, ... Read more..

Terraform Mars?

Monday, August 27th, 2007 Posted in Science, Technology | 1 Comment »

Recently, a well know scientist suggested that Mars is a perfect terraforming target. Lowell Wood, a noted physicist and a former employee of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said, ... Read more..

Design your dream home — online

Saturday, August 25th, 2007 Posted in Home, New Technology, Technology, Web Development | 1 Comment »

Designing your own home just got a lot easier. Suite75 (from the Netherlands) has created a fantastic application which allows you to not only create your own floorplan, but ... Read more..

New Google Earth (GoogleSky?)

Friday, August 24th, 2007 Posted in Computers, New Technology, Technology | No Comments »

As you may recall, I wrote about Celestia a while back. Celestia just got some serious competition. The new version of Google Earth, 4.2, will include a feature ... Read more..

Eight-million-year-old bug — thawed and alive

Thursday, August 9th, 2007 Posted in Ethics, Science | 3 Comments »

Does anyone else feel a little uncomfortable about unleashing eight-million-year-old bugs into our current ecosystem? This is nothing to worry about, say experts, because the process has been going on for ... Read more..

Murphy vs Bonds — Dale takes the gloves off

Thursday, August 9th, 2007 Posted in Ethics, Rant, Society, Sports | 3 Comments »

Dale Murphy recently fired out at Barry Bonds for his "unknowingly" taking performance enhancing drugs.  I was shocked at the public display of, well, hatred he has toward Bonds. "...  I've ... Read more..

Book Review: Team of Rivals

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 Posted in Books, Politics, Society | 2 Comments »

Taking the advise advice of my brother (which I usually ignore), I pulled "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" from Audible.com and started listening. Doris Kearns ... Read more..

McDonald’s wrapper improves taste

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 Posted in Business, Family, Society | No Comments »

A recent study highlighted the influence of marketing on children by taste testing food wrapped in McDonald's food wrappers. The study had youngsters sample identical McDonald's foods in name-brand and unmarked ... Read more..

iPhone Review

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 Posted in Electronics, Family, Gadgets, New Technology, Technology, iPhone | 2 Comments »

As I mentioned before, I succumbed to the seduction that is the Apple iPhone. Two coworkers purchased it the day it was released and I promptly began drooling over ... Read more..