Tag Archives: Sci/Tech

In the regular course of a day we see, hear, taste, and experience countless sensations that our brain’s processes.

Pain is like interest owed to a loan shark. It compounds on a daily level.

At first I had no idea what “addy” and “prolly” meant

Amazon.com Inc. announced today that it will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a July 16th concert headlined by Bob Dylan and Norah Jones, and hosted by Bill Maher. The “Amazon.com 10th Anniversary Event Presented by Chase” will be streamed live from the Amazon.com gateway with the Dylan and Jones performances, …

A meeting at the intersection of Art and Commerce.

a fine example of powerless people exercising power in meaningless places.

Next up for Paris Hilton: a handoff from Carl’s Jr. to its corporate sibling Hardee’s, as her infamous, lubricious swimsuit-Bentley-running hose-burger orgy TV commercial goes east to launch the new Spicy BBQ Thickburger, topped with Tabasco-spiked BBQ sauce and Texas Toothpicks (insert joke using “spicy” “thick” and “hot” here). The …

A team of astonomers announced the discovery of the most “Earth-like” planet yet found outside the solar system, revolving around a star named Gliese 876, just around the interstellar corner, 15 light years away in the direction of the constellation Aquarius. About seven-and-a-half times as massive as Earth, with about …

WARNING: AMONG THE MANY FOODS AND DRINKS THAT HELP CAUSE CHILDHOOD OBESITY, MILK HAS JUST BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST. Here’s the link from Yahoo! – http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050606/hl_nm/milk_dc_1. (Can’t link for some reason) Well, it hasn’t been added to the list, but this study does try to scare parents into lessening …

The Chinese government Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has announced that all websites — including blogs, forums and chat rooms — located within its borders have to register with the government by June 30 or be shut down. Commercial sites face fines of up to one million yuan ($120,000) if …