Archive for August, 2008
I just got back from DragonCon. I discovered that what was true in the past is still true. Which means a little essay I wrote in 1999, shortly after returning from Origins, is still valid. It could be broadened to apply to most male con-goers, but I’ll just reprint.
With tongue in cheek I present — [...]
[edit - fixing a publishing mistake. No changes to the article, it just got posted as an 'always on top' page.]
That was an interesting pick. I’ve a couple of suspicions.
Suspicion one is that we’ll see quite a bounce for McCain over the next week. Suspicion two is that as the nation gets [...]
This is a vent.
My daughter is in honors english – not AP, just honors. She has more homework there than she has in the rest of her classes – which includes chemistry and honors pre-calc – combined. She’s doing about two hours of homework for each hour of English, and about half an hour per [...]
I was reading a friend’s blog, and he posted a new meme that’s running around — a list of 100 books (and series) with a request that folk copy and then mark up the list. Now, the list he posted has some major problems (for one, it’s not what the original source listed…), so I’m [...]
So Obama picked Biden as his running mate. My prognostication of what categories would not be picked was off.
shrug
On the one hand, I don’t think most of the people seriously listed were bad options. On the other hand, I don’t think any of them bring extraordinary benefit to the table. I’m still convinced that all [...]
John McCain was terribly stupid Friday. In an interview with the Pueblo (Colorado) Chieftain, he said that the water compact of which Colorado is a part should be renegotiated.
“I don’t think there’s any doubt the major, major issue is water and can be as important as oil. So the compact that is in effect, obviously, [...]
Lots of interviews this week and next, both exciting and frustrating. They are both public sector (all but one libraries) and private, and range from skilled peon to boss.
I’m confident I will have an acceptable offer in hand before the month is out. In all but two cases, this will raise some more fun and [...]
OK, this isn’t motive power, but it’s still energy. Specifically, I’m seeing a lot of increasing push for “more nuclear power.” It’s not going to work – or more accurately, nowhere near as much as we need.
Now, I happen to think nuclear plants are pretty safe. Yes, Chernobyl and Three Mile island. Both of which [...]
So, in the previous post I pointed out the biggest flaw of hydrogen fuel cells – the energy/volume of hydrogen. Of course, this is such an obvious problem you’d think people might be working on it.
And as it turns out, they are. In fact, this is one of the big three issues that are standing [...]
As promised, I’m looking at fuel cells today. And bluntly, they’re a pipe dream.
They are extremely clean, themselves. The output is water – a desirable byproduct. Hydrogen’s extremely powerful, with pretty close to three and a half times as much energy per mass as gasoline. So, what’s the problem?
Problems, actually. Let’s start with the practical, [...]
