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Greg has alerted me to opposition forming against the BNAF, the Butner pathogen lab I wrote about earlier this summer. I can’t find any other links to the opposition, though. Bummer.
According to Greg’s post, the DHS will hold a public meeting at 7 PM on Tuesday, September 18th at South Granville High School. Wouldn’t it be great to see biohazard suits in the audience?
It all makes me wonder … is Ebola drought-resistant?
This is interesting. Google kicked in money to fund a $30 million award to the first private group to land a robot rover on the Moon. The rover must be equipped with high-definition cameras, must roam 500m, and must do this before the year 2012. Google is teaming up with the Ansari foundation, sponsors of the X-Prize, to manage the award, officially called the Google Lunar X Prize.
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I was clicking through the Internet – you know, looking for the end – when I came across a link to the Jung/Myers-Briggs/Keirsey personality test. It had been about ten years since I last took the test, so I figured what the heck, I’ll take the test again to see what I’ll score.
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On my last deployment to the Persian Gulf, a pair of TAD (temporary assigned duty) guys joined my ship for the countless doughnuts we did there (the Persian Gulf, in spite of its fearsome reputation, is unbearably dull 99.9% of the time). One of these guys was Chuck, a wet-behind-the-ears E-4 who thought he knew it all. We delighted in proving him wrong with the typical “new guy” pranks.
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Scott is now officially a hero, having volunteered to ride in this weekend’s MS 150, raising money for multiple sclerosis research for the National MS Society.
Why not kick in a few bucks to Scott’s campaign and become a hero yourself?
The latest version of Google Earth has a crude flight simulator as an Easter egg. Simply hit Command-Option-A in the Mac version and a flight simulator dialog will pop up. After you’ve “discovered” the Easter egg, it will appear in the Tools menu for future flights.
I tried flying it and was wildly unsuccessful. Didn’t try it with a joystick or with my yoke or pedals. I still prefer the freeware flights that Flightgear provides. Still, its kind of cool flying around with picture-perfect scenery, even if you wind up crashing into that scenery a bit too often.
(h/t, Marco via Boing Boing)
The U.S. Americans are saved thanks to such as Maps for Us to build up our future.
How do people build these things so darn quickly?
(h/t Scott)
Welcome to the new server! If you’re reading this, you’re now pointing to the new server. Everyone else should catch up with the next few days.
I just saw the Youtube video of Miss Teen South Carolina, Lauren Upton, flubbing her answer to a question about maps. She ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed, huh.
(You might find the Tube Maps that Morningtoast.com created helpful for deciphering Ms. Upton.)
My buddy Scott Reston’s kid is destined for greatness. Read how he solved the mental puzzle his father gave him.
Steve Wozniak, the legendary engineer who created the Apple computer, has now focused his considerable talent on creating more energy efficient houses.
Woz has always been a huge proponent of engineering efficiency. This drove him to design the Apple do some miraculous things with a mere handful of parts – a fraction of what competitiors used. Its no surprise then that he’s drawn to the clever tricks that can be used to heat and cool homes.
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