Science Daily has an interesting article that discusses possible tipping points in the earth’s climate systems. It asserts that an increase in temperature by a few degrees Celcius in specific places in the world could cause major irreversable ecological changes that could potentially have a huge impact on the climate and ecosystem of the rest […]
The Library of Congress has published over 3,000 photographs from two of its most popular collections on Flickr in “The Commons,” a project aimed at creating a rich database of photos from public collections and civic institutions.
Source: Beta News
Looking back at how often I keep this blog updated, I realize I do a shitty job of putting up normal journal entries. So, for the sake of this website not looking stale and having something useful to offer, I’m changing the format of this site. Posting journal entries won’t be as common (if you […]
We finally moved into our new house! We spent the first night there on Wednesday, and we’re finally spending time today cleaning up and really starting to unpack. Yay! This place is fantastic! It has a very country feel to it. The house is approx. 300 feet from the Rio Grande river, one of the […]
A health-food company called Terra Chips has a whole line of delicous potato-chip style foods that make your mouth water and are much healthier for your body than the typical potato chips out there. You can mostly find them in health-food stores, which of course means they’re a bit expensive ($4.50 a bag at the local Whole Foods). […]
I’ve decided to go on a cooking campaign to expand my culinary capabilities and lighten the burden on my wallet. The first step was finding a good cookbook with a variety of food categories and simple recipes which are fun to make. A trip to Borders and a little time spent reviewing their stock, I found […]
So it’s been about 9 months since I moved out to New Mexico, and in that time I’ve taken over 1,000 pictures but have yet to post any of them. Well, I finally began putting them online, and now you can start to see my journey out here.
2005-06-21 - Solstice Site Near Espanola, NM
This first […]
Project Gutenberg is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works. Founded in 1971, it is the oldest digital library. Most of its items are the full texts of public domain books. The project tries to make the items in its collection as free as possible, in long-lasting, open formats that can be […]
I was listening to the news tonight on a recap of 2005. One of the things they mentioned in stocks was Google’s amazing performance. Looking at the bar graph of GOOG at Yahoo Finance, I can definitely see what they mean… growing almost 50 percent… shite, wish I had invested in them. Well, it may […]
I just learned a great word tonight: Infornography
Infornography is used to define an addiction for information. People addicted to Infornography are people that overly enjoy sending, receiving, exchanging and digitizing information.
Interesting… I think this very much describes me. Ironically I came across this word tonight as I am organizing over 400 GB of data on […]