Alberto Monday Night
I thought I’d provide an update before going to bed tonight.
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Tropical Storm Alberto
Hurricane season is off to a roaring start down here. Yesterday, Alberto became the first named storm of the season, and we’re already experiencing the effects.
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 moreNever Lose A Holy Curiosity
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reasons for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. –Albert Einstein
Read moreThe Mysterious, Source of All True Art and Science
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. –Albert Einstein
Read moreHow many murders go unsolved each year in the U.S.?
DNA. Carpet fibers. Fingerprints. Given the wealth of forensic information, you’d think police would solve each and every murder. Unfortunately, you’d be wrong. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in 2004, 62.6% of homicides were “cleared,” leaving a substantial portion of murder cases unresolved.
Read moreWe Must Sail
I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving; To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it–but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. –Oliver Wendell Holmes
Read moreMemorial Day Weekend 2006
It wound up being a far more active weekend that I had hoped for. I took Friday off and got
Read moreCan you really count the seconds between lightening and thunder to determine how far away it is?
I’ve always heard the wives tell that you count the seconds between seeing a lightening flash and the sound of the thunder to figure out how far away it is. Living here in Florida, we get lots of both. So is it true or an old wives tale?
Read moreDiscovering The Limits of the Possible.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. –Arthur C. Clarke
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