Just watched #Nova on #PBS #MakingStuffColder awesome and incredibly interesting stuff. The research on M22 antifreeze holds a ton of potential.
More details on M22 here - http://www.evidencebasedcryonics.org/2008/07/08/vitrification-agents-in-cryonics-m22/
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Hmmm "Living in Brooklyn"
OMG!!! Had to replace one of the wheels on my server rack only to see this much grime on my vents (I just vacuumed clean the top right).
Cant believe I breath this shit in living in Brooklyn.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Lou Reed has passed away at 71
Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of rock music, died today.
More at: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027
Very very thankful Jodie and I got to see him play live a few years ago up close and personal at a relatively small gig, one of our highlight of living in NY and happening to be at the right place at the right time - even in his late 60's he was a major force on stage and had a sold out crowd pumped for the whole 2 hours from start to finish - http://blog.collins.net.pr/2008/05/lou-reed.html
More at: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reed-velvet-underground-leader-and-rock-pioneer-dead-at-71-20131027
Very very thankful Jodie and I got to see him play live a few years ago up close and personal at a relatively small gig, one of our highlight of living in NY and happening to be at the right place at the right time - even in his late 60's he was a major force on stage and had a sold out crowd pumped for the whole 2 hours from start to finish - http://blog.collins.net.pr/2008/05/lou-reed.html
StopWatching.us rally
There was a StopWatching.us rally in Washington DC yesterday and Jodie and I bussed down.
Smaller than I would have hoped for, and sometimes I want to grab people by the shoulders and shake people saying "you get the government you deserve......."
Best quote I heard of the day......"who here thinks NSA surveillance is still about fighting terrorism".
Was also really surprised at what a powerhouse speaker a Dennis Kucinich was, I'll have to check out more of what he's got to say as most forthright politician I heard all day.
Was also interesting to see how Chinese CCTV was there covering an "anti-government protest about state surveillance", i'm wondering how that was presented "back home". Also saw Turkish/German and of course the Russian RT channel covering the protest. Strange bedfellows indeed. What a world we live in today.
Did the President notice.....nope, Are the NSA cowering....nope, did we achieve anything....nope BUT if you don't stand up to be counted.....then you don't get to complain after the fact.
Smaller than I would have hoped for, and sometimes I want to grab people by the shoulders and shake people saying "you get the government you deserve......."
Best quote I heard of the day......"who here thinks NSA surveillance is still about fighting terrorism".
Was also really surprised at what a powerhouse speaker a Dennis Kucinich was, I'll have to check out more of what he's got to say as most forthright politician I heard all day.
Was also interesting to see how Chinese CCTV was there covering an "anti-government protest about state surveillance", i'm wondering how that was presented "back home". Also saw Turkish/German and of course the Russian RT channel covering the protest. Strange bedfellows indeed. What a world we live in today.
Did the President notice.....nope, Are the NSA cowering....nope, did we achieve anything....nope BUT if you don't stand up to be counted.....then you don't get to complain after the fact.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Superbugs
Just watched @frontlinepbs on their #SuperBug doco-more people die from antibiotic resistant bugs in USA than aids (23k a year!)
People who take antibiotics for not good reason are killing us all and increasing the number of pan resistant superbugs.
#LiveTVchat
People who take antibiotics for not good reason are killing us all and increasing the number of pan resistant superbugs.
#LiveTVchat
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Bastards
City ‘cleans up’ after Banksy art
They may not know art, but they know what they don’t like.
The Parks Department called in its big guns Thursday to try and remove a Banksy work overlooking the Brooklyn Heights promenade.
Went down to look at it today and found this article after googling why I couldn't find it.
- http://nypost.com/2013/10/17/city-cleans-up-after-banksy-art/
And when you consider this is how the city leaves mess all over the streets just blocks from this it is a fucking crime that they did this in less than 3 days.
They may not know art, but they know what they don’t like.
The Parks Department called in its big guns Thursday to try and remove a Banksy work overlooking the Brooklyn Heights promenade.
Went down to look at it today and found this article after googling why I couldn't find it.
- http://nypost.com/2013/10/17/city-cleans-up-after-banksy-art/
And when you consider this is how the city leaves mess all over the streets just blocks from this it is a fucking crime that they did this in less than 3 days.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
3.8% of your house capital gains for medicare
Wow I didn't realize that the 3.8% medicare levy also applied to capital gains on selling your house.....
So if you are in New York and you sell your apartment making a $200k capital gain.....the government wants $8k of that for medicare.....ouch
Hey Obama how about you spend less money eavesdropping on me and blowing shit up half way around the world so you don't need to tax us for medicare as much.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sidestep-the-new-medicare-tax-on-investment-income-2013-10-08
So if you are in New York and you sell your apartment making a $200k capital gain.....the government wants $8k of that for medicare.....ouch
Hey Obama how about you spend less money eavesdropping on me and blowing shit up half way around the world so you don't need to tax us for medicare as much.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sidestep-the-new-medicare-tax-on-investment-income-2013-10-08
Monday, October 14, 2013
Blimps
wow there are only 25 blimps in the world (10 of which are in the USA) and there are only 56 blimp pilots in the world.
was really surprised at how low both numbers are and cant confirm they are accurate figures but interesting if true.
was really surprised at how low both numbers are and cant confirm they are accurate figures but interesting if true.
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
You have to watch Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2061756
Fantastic movie about Change. I hope Obama watches and cries in shame
Fantastic movie about Change. I hope Obama watches and cries in shame
Friday, October 11, 2013
Sennheiser PC 320
You know when you put something on and it just feels.....right....
Yep just purchased a replacement set of headphones - check out the Sennheiser PC 320 at Amazon - http://bit.ly/pc320headset
The obvious design upgrade from the Sennheiser PC151 model that I had is that now they don't have the "inline control" for volume and mic mute which is where my last pair failed.
Basically the volume is now a rotating disc on the outside of the right ear and the mic is an automatic switch when you raise and low the mic boom.
By solving this issue along with thicker and stronger molding near the plugs, hopefully this will last longer than the 29 months for my last pair.
Yep just purchased a replacement set of headphones - check out the Sennheiser PC 320 at Amazon - http://bit.ly/pc320headset
The obvious design upgrade from the Sennheiser PC151 model that I had is that now they don't have the "inline control" for volume and mic mute which is where my last pair failed.
Basically the volume is now a rotating disc on the outside of the right ear and the mic is an automatic switch when you raise and low the mic boom.
By solving this issue along with thicker and stronger molding near the plugs, hopefully this will last longer than the 29 months for my last pair.
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