I caught most of Nova's
Dogs episode tonight. Pretty interesting. I thought maybe it was part of a series of shows but I guess not. Too bad.
Two guys recently
walked to the South Pole, one of them 63 years old. Maybe I should do that someday.
Spooks turn to hi-tech geography. 'Imagine being able to pinpoint someone's location anywhere in the world simply by typing a few keywords on your PC. That is what software partly funded by the US military is trying to do.'
James Cameron's Mars Reference Design. 'unique renderings commissioned to represent the key stages in a future human mission to the red planet'
The Homeland Security Blimp? 'Measuring 500 feet long, with a volume of 5.2 million cubic feet, the prototype high-altitude airship, or HAA, will be 25 times larger than the Goodyear blimp.'
I will admit I am slightly paranoid about this:
Is Soros Planning 'October Surprise' for Bush? But, the stories that are coming out about Pakistan and friends are making me even more paranoid, the latest news being
Musharraf Named in Nuclear Probe. 'Pakistan's top nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has told investigators that he helped North Korea design and equip facilities for making weapons-grade uranium with the knowledge of senior military commanders, including Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, according to a friend of Khan's and a senior Pakistani investigator.'
Kirin is sponsoring a Lost In Translation-related contest whose grand prize is a 5-day trip to Tokyo for two. Anyone can enter! If you win you should take me with you. Cause I told you about it. OK?