September 21st, 2008
Two research teams are announcing this month that they have successfully converted sugar-potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants-into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and a range of other valuable chemicals.
What? Yeah…they are saying that they can get fuel from sugar. A renewable source that many find intriguing as it is something that is in [...]
Filed under: Energy Tech by JMH
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September 18th, 2008
Panspermia is a simple concept on its face. It says that some, or even all of life on Earth may have come from somewhere else. Particles traveling on rogue meteors, or anything that happened to fall into the atmosphere. So…once it got here, Earth provided the necessary tool to life needed to help these things [...]
Filed under: Space by JMH
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September 18th, 2008
NASA’s Kepler Mission is set to go in Spring 2009, and they are going to let your thoughts hop on board when Kepler spacecraft is launched into space. If you go to the Your Name in Space website you can fill out a short form and have your thoughts on the mission burned to a [...]
Filed under: Space, Space Tech by JMH
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September 8th, 2008
Someone has been working there sales jobs pretty well lately. Even the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency are testing a social-networking site designed for use by analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies. Interesting concept. At least how they are talking about it being a Facebook for spies and all. Of course none of [...]
Filed under: Computers and Internet by JMH
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September 7th, 2008
It has been quite a while since I contemplated going back to school for further education. With the recent presidential election around the corner I am hearing quite a bit about the quest to find renewable energy sources, and the idea that there is going to be a big push for jobs in alter4native energy. [...]
Filed under: Energy Tech, Environment by JMH
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September 7th, 2008
With the coming of Google Chrome, one has to ask….Do you really want a new browser? Isn’t Firefox virtually perfect for most people in every way? If it isn’t perfect, then isn’t Opera nice. Keep in mind…I don’t give a crap about Apple browsers. You can give your own shout outs to your Lion King [...]
Filed under: Computers and Internet by JMH
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