The Believer – A Blaze in the North American Sky A common mistake made by the uninitiated listener is to conflate death metal and black metal. I’ve been at a few parties or dinners or whatever where someone has asked me to describe the difference between the two. To answer involves me trying to explain […]
Category Archives: cool stuff
Long Bets
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Long Bets – The Arena for Accountable Predictions The purpose of Long Bets is to improve long–term thinking. Long Bets is a public arena for enjoyably competitive predictions, of interest to society, with philanthropic money at stake. The Long Now Foundation furnishes the continuity to see even the longest bets through to public resolution. This […]
A gift idea for next Christmas
Monday, January 14, 2008
Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors who are fed up with the power […]
Paper money is obsolete
Monday, January 14, 2008
Mysterious $100 ‘supernote’ counterfeit bills appear across world The only way to distinguish some of the “supernotes,” experts say, is to compare photographically blown-up sections with magnifying instruments, […] About $50 million of the mystery money has been seized since 1989.
Doris Lessing
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
On not winning the Nobel Prize I am sure that everyone here, making a speech will know that moment when the faces you are looking at are blank. Your listeners cannot hear what you are saying: there are no images in their minds to match what you are telling them. In this case, of a […]
Not me!
Friday, November 2, 2007
(also not me, though i met the guy at a gaming convention in Calgary once)
A quote
Friday, October 12, 2007
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon
