Archive for the ‘Books’ Category

Wow…long time, Congrats

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

Hey, I just noticed how long it’s been between posts. Been busy with my podcasting hardware lately, and been working on a new portrait….no excuse, but well, there it is. Beautiful weather has slowed things down as well..sunny and 60’s is great for this time of year. Gearing up for all that is good in the summer, and it’s been a very trying winter…nonetheleast of which is the fact that this cold I’ve had for the past several weeks has STILL got hold of my ability to taste and smell coffee. How irritating.

The MOHO, the demarcation point between the Earth’s crust and mantle, has been approached by an undersea drilling program. Interestingly, if the sea-floor penetration had been 1000 feet to one side, they would have penetrated the mantle….I’m not sure how I like that……I’m a scientist, but I’ve seen to many scifi movies to be completely calm….

Congratulations to Paul Figgiani of podcastrigs.com and The .Point.. He’s been a HUGE help to me in setting up my podcast hardware, and the forum on the podcastrigs.com site is turning out to be a great place to hang out. Paul’s been chosen as a member of IT Conversations’ Audio Engineering Team, where he reports that he’ll handle the post-production engineering for Tech Nation. With his expertise, this should be a killer show.

Well, enough for now….

T

It’s a Tremendous Read

Wednesday, March 9th, 2005

I’ve been reading (both in print form and via Audible audiobook) “The Fabric of the Cosmos” by Brian Greene. Wow. Dr. Greene is a worthy successor to my mentor, the late Dr. Carl Sagan. I can’t say enough about the goodness of this book….many pages of reading goodness. You can get it here:

The Fabric of the Cosmos : Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

And NO, I’m not affilliated with, nor do I get Kickbacks from Amazon. I just know a good science book when I read one.

Ok, I gotta stop now and get some sleep. Too many days with too little sleep makes me write bad code.