Science-fiction becomes reality? Space-mutated metal-eating viruses that caused problems on Mir may now be at the bottom of the Pacific ocean. Reassuring, no?
Soundbugs look cool
Yay for new toys! I may need to pick up at least one of these little gadgets — Soundbug turns flat surface into speakers. More information can be found on the Terfenol company website.
iMacs in the movies
Most of the computers in movies for several years have been Macintoshes, maybe because the Mac is the only computer that doesn’t look like every other computer and therefore benefits from product placement. But this is the first movie in which an entire iMac commercial runs on TV in the background of a shot.
How’s that for random trivia? Thanks to Roger Ebert’s review of Showtime for this little tidbit.
Powered armor
It’s too bad this is such a fluff piece, but CNET is reporting that MIT will be researching Nanotech body armor for the Army.
Bomb your hometown
Not paranoid after Bush yammers about keeping nuclear weapons a possibility? Use this page to get an idea of what a nuclear bomb would to do your city.
Pig
Roald Dahl’s disturbing short story, “Pig”, with illustrations.
Towers of Light
Some nice photos of the Towers of Light WTC memorial in New York. I’ve gotta say, as far as memorials go, this is one of the better ones I’ve seen, even if it is temporary.
Unanswered questions
I haven’t read enough of this yet to be sure whether it’s serious content or mad conspiracy ramblings, but it looked very interesting: Sep. 11th Unanswered Questions (Part 1) and Part 2.
Manufactured serendipity
Manufactured Serendipity — an(nother) exploration of the blogging phenomena.
If we can’t torture here…
This world just gets more and more frightening all the time.
The US has been secretly sending prisoners suspected of al-Qaida connections to countries where torture during interrogation is legal, according to US diplomatic and intelligence sources. Prisoners moved to such countries as Egypt and Jordan can be subjected to torture and threats to their families to extract information sought by the US in the wake of the September 11 attacks.