Top Science Stories of 2006
sduford on Dec 28 2006 | Filed under: Science
Scientific American just posted an interesting article summarizing the most interesting science stories of 2006. Well worth reading, and you can find it here.
Archive for December, 2006
Wet Tokyo
sduford on Dec 26 2006 | Filed under: Travel
Well it’s pooring rain, cold and windy outside, so we’re pretty much hotel bound. I had tought of taking the 40 minute bullet-train ride to the beautiful Hakone region at the foot of Mount Fuji, but we wouldn’t be able to see anything. There are also some half and full day tours of Tokyo, but again [...]
Christmas in Tokyo
sduford on Dec 24 2006 | Filed under: Travel
Well my wife is working the Toronto-Tokyo flight today and I decided to follow her. So I’m off to Tokyo until the 27th. The hotel we’re staying at is right smack in the middle of the big shopping district, so should be fun!
Since we have no snow at home, I thought I would post the [...]
Imaging Resource has posted their review of the new Nikon D40
sduford on Dec 22 2006 | Filed under: Photography
This latest DSLR from Nikon looks great. It is very small and light, affordable, and still quite powerful and flexible. One of the most impressive features though, is the incredible high ISO performance: it provides nearly noise free pictures all the way up to 1600 ISO, and still very clean at 3200 ISO! In fact, [...]
Politically correct holiday wishes
sduford on Dec 22 2006 | Filed under: Miscellaneous, Rant
These days the need for political correctness and cultural/religious sensitivity is becoming ridiculous. People and companies have moved away from “Merry Christmas” to the more generic “Happy Holidays” in an effort to be more inclusive and not offend anyone. But this only resulted in some Christians becoming offended and calling this exercise a war on Christmas. I think [...]
Carl Sagan: paying hommage to an American hero
sduford on Dec 20 2006 | Filed under: Miscellaneous, Science
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Carl Sagan, he would have been 72. Carl was in my opinion, one of the greatest Americans that ever lived, certainly one of the greatest Americans of the 20th century. He was an extremely intelligent, generous, passionate, compassionate, articulate, and devoted man and scientist. He devoted [...]
First ice picture of the season
sduford on Dec 18 2006 | Filed under: Photography
We got some cold weather in early December and I managed to snap a few pictures of ice formations in the nearby river. Here’s an example.
Gates “warns” of calamity in Iraq
sduford on Dec 18 2006 | Filed under: Politics
It’s nice to hear a Defense Secretary speak with a bit of candor about the war in Iraq. Here’s a key quote from Gate’s speech to the Pentagon:
“Failure in Iraq at this juncture would be a calamity that would haunt our nation, impair our credibility and endanger Americans for decades to come,” he said.
Well, I’m [...]
Panama: More to this place than a pass-through
sduford on Dec 17 2006 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
Panama now isn’t just a way to get somewhere else.
By Agustin Gurza, Los Angeles Times :
PANAMA CITY, Panama - Panama has always been a convenient shortcut for travelers on their way to somewhere else. The Spaniards used it to haul treasures from Peru. Prospectors used it to race by rail to California for the Gold [...]
Comment SPAM
sduford on Dec 17 2006 | Filed under: Blogging, Software
If you do not run a blog you may not be aware of this but comment SPAM is a big problem for blogs. People (or sometimes bots) go around the net and post worthless comments on blogs so they can post URLs to their penis enlargement or online gaming sites. Their real goal is not to [...]
