Our world is becoming an amazing place, a team of Canadian scientists appear to have reversed diabetes. The treatment works so well they were shocked by it. The essence of their discovery is that there is link between neurological activity and the production of insulin. The traditional view of diabetes is that the body's [...]
Wired has a very interesting review of the Zune. The net is, don't believe the negative reviews, the Zune is actually a well-done piece of hardware & software as long as you can overlook a few minor flaws. It would be great if the product actually provides some competition to the iPod.
For approximately 3 Billion years evolution operated on a mostly single-cell basis, but then something strange happened approximately 500 millions years ago. A sudden development of multi-cellular creatures that eventually led to man. What caused that change and the resulting rapid rise of multi-cellular life? This is the essence of Darwin's Dilemma. Don E. Canfield, [...]
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Stephen Colbert should be quite proud
I had been closely following the saga of James Kim. I was greatly saddened when I read that they had found his body. So sad, best wishes to his family.
It is reviews like this one:
The reason for this is that it is easy: It just works. The first time you hand a Wiimote to someone and they point it at the screen, they know what to do. There's a little hand, representing where you're pointing, and each Wiimote has a different colored hand. Navigating [...]
Postgres Release 8.2 today! Yeah!
Go read about the goodness at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-2.html
The implications of today's announcement are immense, NASA confirms the presence of liquid water on Mars today in a press conference, additionally they have found evidence of recent cratering (past few years). This is stunning confirmation of what many have suspected. We may be on the threshold of a new golden age of space exploration.
NASA has called a press conference tomorrow at 1 pm EST to discuss a "significant find" by the Mars Global Surveyor. Rumors are significant amounts of water have been found. The press conference is sure to be fascinating & you can watch it live over at NASA TV off the NASA homepage.
UPDATE: Rumors confirmed, [...]
I can't stop laughing at this. My developer friends will understand exactly why, the rest of you will think its funny but an exaggeration.
Philip is hilarious!