One small step for a robot, one giant leap for…
From Marc Andreessen’s blog: robot self-reassembly:
April 2008
An atheist goes to church
One of my favourite bloggers, Greta Christina, attended a church service at which a friend of hers was being installed as a minister, and wrote… Read More »An atheist goes to church
Derb on "Expelled" and the odious Ben Stein
And now here is Ben Stein, sneering and scoffing at Darwin, a man who spent decades observing and pondering the natural world — that world… Read More »Derb on "Expelled" and the odious Ben Stein
Hay fever?!
According to the NW Asthma: News & Resources site, the current pollen count here in Seattle is really low (although it spiked up to “high” last Wednesday).… Read More »Hay fever?!
WordPress 2.5 – one problem solved
This is a test post to check out the QuickPost WordPress Plugin which I’ve just installed.
Rules vs. Principles
There’s a fascinating piece in the latest New Yorker by James Surowiecki on the difference between rules-based and principle-based regulation: It’s something like the difference… Read More »Rules vs. Principles
Smoke ring over Seattle
As I was returning home this evening, I got off the bus and saw that everyone was gazing up into the sky. This is what… Read More »Smoke ring over Seattle
Blaming one's tools
My blogging rate has dropped way off in the last few weeks, and I was wondering why. First, I’ve been pretty busy: not just with… Read More »Blaming one's tools
Rejecting cynicism
I don’t get to vote in the forthcoming elections, but I can’t avoid the zeitgeist. And I agree strongly with Robert Reich, who just endorsed… Read More »Rejecting cynicism