http://globalspin.com we protect our freaks Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:55:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Things have been quiet at Global Spin lately, but not because I have nothing to talk about. I've just been doing my writing elsewhere, like these two stories about my recent trip to iPhoneDevCamp. From GeekDad: I had a great time at iPhoneDevCamp 2 in San Francisco last weekend. Lots of ... http://globalspin.com/2008/08/07/1173/ via ReShun: http://globalspin.com/2008/08/07/1171/ And showing off the friendship star quilt that Karen made for Luke, too! http://globalspin.com/2008/08/01/1167/ Dr. Horrible: An oral history http://globalspin.com/2008/07/26/1166/ If science were outlawed, only outlaws would be scientists. ...and that would be pretty cool. (inspired by Frontalot and Dr. Horrible) http://globalspin.com/2008/07/24/1165/ I have a love-hate thing with Christopher Hitchens (disagree with him on a lot, think he's an amazing speaker, wouldn't want to get into an argument with him because I've seen him dismantle people with little effort), but this Vanity Fair article in which he describes his experience being waterboarded ... http://globalspin.com/2008/07/02/1163/ [from my Geekdad post] As members of the local Mars Society and NSS chapters, my family was invited to a "friends and family" preview of Star Trek: The Exhibition at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. It's an exhibit we had intended to see anyway, but seeing it on ... http://globalspin.com/2008/06/27/1162/ I haven't had time to post any of the California marriage awesomeness lately, but I couldn't pass this Union Tribune article up: San Diego County issued a record 230 marriage licenses today and performed 144 wedding ceremonies on the first day gay and lesbian couples were allowed to marry in San ... http://globalspin.com/2008/06/18/1161/ With warmth and humor, Anna Quindlen, writing for Newsweek, tells it like it is in The Same People Here's what I don't understand: is there so much love and commitment in the world that we can afford, as a society, to be contemptuous of some portion of it? If two women ... http://globalspin.com/2008/06/03/1160/ [from Geekdad] In the spirit of the awesome maverick science-fair project[1], I give you Daniel Burd and his amazing plastic-eating microbes. "Almost every week I have to do chores and when I open the closet door, I have this avalanche of plastic bags falling on top of me," he said. "One ... http://globalspin.com/2008/05/29/1159/