Apparently NASA and Google have solidified a year-old relationship that uses Google technology to index and deliver NASA content. From Ars Technica: In the first of many tasks that will be worked on by the new alliance, Google will work with the ARC to make NASA’s information available on the Internet to anyone who wants [...]
Posted by Chris in News, Space, Technology on December 19th, 2006 | Comments Off
From The Scotsman: New research shows people can follow trails across countryside like dogs, using the sense of smell alone. The study, published in Nature magazine, suggests humans are just out of practice at smelling, after people who repeatedly tracked smells across fields became faster and more accurate. (With one story I got to use [...]
Posted by Chris in Oddly Enough, Science on December 19th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Dear readers, Once again I totally forgot about comments waiting for moderation. There were a dozen or more waiting in the queue when I finally got to it just now. If your comment was one of those, I apologize. Sincerely, Captain Oblivious
Posted by Chris in Blog, Uncategorized on December 15th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Ghent, Belgium, is apparently considering naming a street after one of the Filipino Igarot tribe members abandoned by my great-grandfather there, circa 1913. Here’s a recent news story from the Philippines about my mother’s father’s father, Richard Schneidewind, and Timicheg, one of the tribespeople he displayed. Oh, great-grandfather Richard. Sigh.
Posted by Deana in Academia, Anthropology, Business, Crime, Culture, History, Oddly Enough, You have got to be kidding on December 12th, 2006 | Comments Off
A devil food is turning our kids into homosexuals No, seriously. That’s the headline. I’m not making it up. It’s an article on soy from WorldNetDaily. Just had to share.
Posted by Chris in Food, Sexuality, You have got to be kidding on December 12th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
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