Parallel Universes
I’m not sure how big a grain of salt to take this with, but Scientific American has just published an overview article on the state of the art of parallel universes.
Posted by Karen in Science on April 15th, 2003 | Comments Off
Syria, you’re next?
An article in The Star says Bush won’t let anyone have dictators, and he personally will rout them out. It’s basically, “Syria, you’re next,” and I love the quote: In meetings in Damascus with British and Saudi envoys, Syrian President Bashar Assad again denied all U.S. accusations. “For the president of the United States to [...]
Posted by Chris in Politics on April 15th, 2003 | Comments Off
See the Pretty Sproutses
I’m glad I waited to put up photos of our sprouting seedlings. Three days later, they’re reaching for the sky! Only a few of the seeds haven’t burst forth from our hi-tech Seedling Growth Pods ™ (T.P. tubes to the uninitiated) . Apologies for the blurry close-ups. It’s hard to see ‘em when the dirt [...]
Posted by Karen in Fun on April 15th, 2003 | Comments Off
Wow.
If you haven’t seen the new Honda Accord commercial yet, you have to see it to believe it. Note that only one small part of the process was computer-generated; it took 606 takes to get it right. That must have been so much fun to make…
Posted by Karen in Fun on April 14th, 2003 | 1 Comment »
International Bill of Rights
Kirk Boyd, a human rights lawyer from the Bay Area, is going to present his life’s work, an International Bill of Rights, to the United Nations Human Rights Commission tomorrow. The project, associated with the University of California, aims to put together an International Court of Human Rights charged with protecting fundamental rights in all [...]
Posted by Karen in Politics on April 14th, 2003 | Comments Off
