Miscellaneous Ramblings

"Diets sweetened with honey may be beneficial in decreasing anxiety and improving memory during ageing."

No, happiness isn’t a lottery ticket away.

Throughout the summer, the fires occasionally produced thick clouds of smoke that spread across the Great Plains and as far as the East Coast.

Back when it was a more meaningful phrase, Gibson achieved renown for writing "science fiction." He famously invented the word "cyberspace" in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer," which has sold more than 6 1/2 million copies.

A computer science professor with the help of one of his students has built a desktop PC-size supercomputer with off-the-shelf hardware that costs less than $1,300.

The answer lies in the psychology of numeracy — how we understand numbers.

Here are two presentations that will make you think.

Chowdhry estimated that Palo Alto-based VMware is paying $130,000 to $160,000, plus stock options — compensation that only Google can match, he said.

While the actual numbers cannot be precise the rates of change are what is most interesting.

For all of you who’d like to see what’s possible with web animation…. here’s a very entertaining site