Lucid Points

Since mentioning Gustav when commenting on the Campbell Farms gourmet rice harvest a couple of days ago, it is now looking like it could hit south central Louisiana as a Cat 4 – not good for such low-lying areas.  Alison and the kids evacuated, but Hampton is so far staying behind to tend to the [...]

If you are into Campbell Farms Gourmet Rice (and who in their right mind isn’t?!?), they posted some photos of this years harvest, which is a bumper crop.  Alison updated their blog today while preparing for the possibility of hurricane Gustav. You can pick up the rice locally at Kirkham Systems, 3000 Old Greenwood Road, [...]

I gotta get me one of these!  Its supposed to be about $1000., which is much better than the original that fetched over $300,000 in a 2002 auction.   Technorati Tags: Captain Kirk,James T. Kirk,Star Trek

For all of you photo buffs, here is a link to 45 great motion inspired photographs. Updated:  Oops, forgot the link.  Fixed. Technorati Tags: motion photos

Fairly decent run-down of dead-tree media’s attempts to move onto the World Wide Web.  Most of the dead-tree news missed the boat with radio and television, too.  This time, it might be different once the Internets becomes ubiquitous. One of the commenters observes that often the online service is run by the same people running [...]

Technorati Tags: Heidi Dalibor,stealing books,library Get a load of this.  This arrogant Wisconsin woman did not return two library books for over a year, did not respond to 2 phone calls and 2 letters from the library to return the books, so the library turned the issue over to the police.  Her words:  “I said, [...]

***WARNING – POLITICAL RANT*** While I don’t think China aspires to be some sort of new Nazi Germany, it is discomforting, yet perhaps inevitable that the United States will become the #2 or lower economic power in the world in a generation or two.  At least Zahid Fakaria thinks so in his book, The Post-American [...]

Well, I am totally surprised that the Bigfoot Press Conference did not exactly reveal any proof, just another announcement about the supposed creature. Am I just totally stupid, or do people really believe that a creature of that size could exist for centuries in the United States, Canada, etc. and never be found before.  No [...]

Technorati Tags: TED Talks,shackleton,shackleton crater,bill stone,moon exploration,moon journey One of the most inspiring TED talks I have seen.  Bill Stone challenges all to mount and support an expedition to water-rich Shackletons Crater on the moon.  Not just a trip there and back, but a dangerous, one-way trip for explorers that if successful, will open another [...]

I’m no Luddite, but putting a rat brain into a robot and using it to not only control the robot, but feeding it, and watching it grow and learn just creeps me out a little. From CNet article: "We feed them every couple of days, a pink liquid with nutrients not too dissimilar to what [...]