Posted in Technology on Nov 30th, 2003
(New Scientist) A project to create a comprehensive graphical representation of the internet in just one day and using only a single computer has already produced some eye-catching images.
Archive for November, 2003
Posted in Journal on Nov 28th, 2003
A brief and pleasantly uneventful Thanksgiving this year. Became better acquainted with my sister’s fiance; they are both in the residency phase of their medical studies and remarkably stable and happy regardless of the demands. My youngest sister came up from school in Savannah to join us with her somewhat overwhelmed boyfriend in tow. [...]
Posted in Outdoors on Nov 26th, 2003
A few pictures from my dayhike along these two trails from Novemer 23, 2003. Both trails are located at/near the Kennesaw Mountain National Park just west of Marietta, Georgia.
Cheatham & Kolb Gallery
Posted in Technology on Nov 25th, 2003
(Wired) A Florida company has announced plans to develop a service that would allow consumers to pay for merchandise using microchips implanted under their skin. Applied Digital Solutions CEO Scott Silverman said he believes the company’s VeriChip — a subdermal microchip that uses radio frequency signals to broadcast an identification number to a scanner — [...]
Posted in Technology on Nov 25th, 2003
IRVINE, Calif. – November 24, 2003 – Archos(r), Inc., a global provider of innovative handheld entertainment and storage solutions, introduced today the AVCam 300, the world’s first camera and camcorder attachment for a portable audio and video player. The AVCam brings together for the first time a 3.3 megapixel camera, MPEG-4 camcorder and player, MP3 [...]
Posted in Journal on Nov 24th, 2003
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings: cranberry sauce, stuffing and turkey gravy flavored soda. Yummy? In the latest food fad to emerge in the United States, Seattle specialty soda maker Jones Soda Co. scored a hit this week with the introduction of a limited batch of Turkey & Gravy-flavored soda.
Posted in Journal on Nov 24th, 2003
Yawn, stretch, sore, stiff. I’m not entirely sure how I managed such a busy weekend but, on the whole, I think is a welcome change from the all too regular retinue of gaming (computer and otherwise) that I might recreate on a more regular basis.
(Wired) WAYCROSS, Georgia — Strange things happen in the 700 miles of mostly wet wilderness that comprise the Okefenokee Swamp. Locals here cheerfully trade stories of being pursued by odd glowing orbs of green light, alien abductions and encounters with the Pig Man, a Southern version of Bigfoot. These mysterious meetings purportedly occur both deep [...]
Posted in Science on Nov 21st, 2003
(New Scientist) For the first time, a functional electronic device creates itself by harnessing the construction capabilities of DNA, proteins and antibodies.
Posted in Technology on Nov 20th, 2003
(Wired) Hey, 550 miles per hour is just too slow. And a 1,500-mile range just isn’t big enough. The Tomahawk cruise missile may seem fast and far-reaching. But Pentagon planners want more. Late last week, they handed out contracts to 10 firms to start designing a hypersonic missile that can outrun the now-retired Concorde, and [...]
