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NASA and Google team up

News, Space, Technology

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 to see it.

Sounds like a great partnership to me.  Google Maps Mars?  Hubble Image Search?  Maybe even a searchable archive of communications transcripts like the ones Glen worked on?

you smell better than you think

Oddly Enough, Science

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 a great headline and link to The Scotsman.  It pretty much made my morning.)

Eventful featured on 10News

Fun

I don’t usually go on about my work, but the company was recently featured on San Diego’s local 10News.  The piece is actually pretty representative, covering both the upcoming-events side of things as well as the demand side of it.  There’s a YouTube video of the segment at the official blog.

In case you wondered where I’ve been hiding (including on my birthday), we’re just finishing up an awesome weekend visiting Deb and Kerrigan in Petaluma.   It’s the Land of Things Ben Likes, including sheep, tractors, a big biodiesel truck, a little hybrid-electric car, and playgrounds up the wazoo.  He even got to ride Deb’s horse Chance, as did K and I.  Fun all around!  Thanks, D and K!