Thursday, April 28, 2005

Serenity

As a huge Firefly fan, I am really looking forward to this film. I hope it is as good as the television series:

Apple - Trailers - Serenity - index

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Found!

Pretty exciting stuff in the bird world. Read more about it here:

Ivory-billed Woodpecker - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Thursday, April 07, 2005

Stem Cells

Well duh! Of course the president is hindering scientific progress here. It's one of the things he does best. Did people really think otherwise?

The New York Times > Washington > Changes Are Weighed on Stem Cells:

"With some Republicans pressing to loosen President Bush's restrictions on federal financing for embryonic stem cell research, the director of the National Institutes of Health said Wednesday that there is 'mounting evidence' that such a policy change would benefit science, and other top N.I.H. officials echoed his assessment."

Will the president listen... ha.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Technology News Article | Reuters.com

This cyberpunk reader cringed when he saw this article:

Sony Invention Beams Sights, Sounds Into Brain

Ever read Synners by Pat Cadigan? I'm reading it now and this article is eery when thought about in relation to this book.

mediabistro: FishBowlDC

Here's a depressing bit of news from Garrett M. Graff's blog fishbowlDC:

mediabistro: FishBowlDC

Looks to me like conservatives are trying to concoct new ways to try to censor content that they disagree with. This really raises my ire, because I think of NPR as one of the best sources for news in the country. So far, they still report real news -- as opposed to all of the so-called news channels out there which primarily hype things up with meaningless drivel (which they call analysis). And PBS produces and airs most of the shows (including Arthur) that I will let my four-year-old watch.

Copyright

OK, so the copyright lawyers and the whole copyright law thing is out of control.

Lawyers representing "Ripley's Believe it or not" apparently recently contacted a site that contains shared learning materials because the title of the site used the phrase "Believe it or not" in their title. Read more about it on cogdogblog:

cogdogblog: Xxxxxxx Xx or Xxx! Copyright Slap from the Ripley's Folks

Come on guys. Lets be a little reasonable! Jeez!