This is probably only of interest to me, but I’m posting it as a reminder to myself. A Swiss company called ID Quantique is offering a chip-sized source of true randomness based on an optical quantum process. They’ve partnered with the University of Geneva to create a random number generator Web site anyone can use.
Posted by Chris in Technology on March 24th, 2004 | 5 Comments »
Not sure why I’m posting a link to the Glarkware site, only that it seems really fun and alternative and snarky and they have tee-shirts that say things like the above and “Seventies Sci-Fi Was All About Hexagons” and stuff. Plus we haven’t had a “shopping” entry in a while, have we? BTW, I found [...]
Posted by Deana in Shopping on March 23rd, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Mohammed Bah Abba, an engineer and consultant for the UN, has developed a very interesting refrigerator for people without electricity. His invention, the pot-in-pot, is simple to the point of being revolutionary. I’d love to put one of these together just to see what kind of temperature gradient it can produce in hot weather. It [...]
Posted by Chris in Technology on March 22nd, 2004 | 3 Comments »
All that iron-rich soil has to be good for something. At least the Mars Botanic Garden people seem to think so…. You might like the souvenirs.
Posted by Deana in Space on March 21st, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Since many folks seem surprised when I tell them about the Bush adminstration’s latest problems with Medicare, jobs, WMD, mercury, and a host of other issues, I figured a link to the House Committee on Government Reform Minority Office was in order. That’s a mouthful, but basically it’s an inside-the-beltway watchdog group investigating, among other [...]
Posted by Chris in Politics on March 19th, 2004 | Comments Off
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