New Site Design
The web is a dynamic place. Things change a lot here. If you are a repeat customer, you’ll notice that overall look and feel of Deep Sand has changed. I just felt like it needed a refresh.
Read moreTechnology
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Chertoff's Web of Terror
I’ve seen several articles about this over the past day or so. I’m linking to a brief article on Wired News. Apparently U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is laying the ground work for the more agressive government monitoring of the web, if not outright control. Disaffected people living in the United States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the internet and that could present the next major U.S. security threat, Chertoff said on Monday.
Read moreWhew! Digital Move Completed
Well, due to continuing performance issues with the hosting service I used (No Monthly Fees), and an arrogant and uncooperative customer service attitude, I decided to move as many of my accounts as possible. I think I’ve completed that move today.
Read moreMore Deep Features-Mobile Computing
Along with the recently added “ratings” feature, we’ve now made the jump to mobile technologies. Recently I was on the
Read moreUpdate on July 17, 2006
As you may have noticed, there have not been a lot posts over the past couple of weeks. For the past three weeks, I’ve been on very tight deadlines with a bunch of very large proposals. For the first pay period of July, I’d put 110 hours on the time sheet. That’s two weeks, and I probably didn’t record all the time.
Read moreNew Feature Here At Deep Sand
You may not yet have noticed, but using another one of the great Wordpress plugins, I’m offering a new feature. Now, when I post a book or movie review (or anything else I’d like to rate), I can add a rating mechanism at the end of the post.
Read moreNSA Might Have Tapped Phones Pre-9/11
Bloomberg is reporting that evidence seems to indicate the NSA approached AT&T months prior to 9/11 seeking to intercept telephone calls.
Read moreInvisbility 18 Months Away?
You thought it was some sort of satirical headline, but I’m talking serious science here. According to this article, in as little as 19 months, scientists may have come up with an invisibility cloak that would mask microwaves and other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Read moreMove To The Planets
In an article at MSNBC renowned Physicist Stephen Hawking says humans must learn to inhabit other planets in order for the species to survive. He believes the earth, through some catastrophe, will become uninhabitable at some point in the future.
Read moreMind Over Matter?
Sitting stone still under a skull cap fitted with a couple dozen electrodes, Austrian scientist Peter Brunner stares at a laptop computer. Without so much as moving a nostril hair, he suddenly begins to compose a message — letter by letter — on a giant screen overhead.
Read moreEmail Notification Problems Resolved
OK, I’ll admit the problem was caused by me tinkering around with the code that sends out the email notifications on new posts to the Deep Sand blog.
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