- Familiar yet alien ancient views of Earth – photorealistic simulations of the world as seen from space, millions of years ago.
- Back in 2006, Qualcomm effectively discontinued Eudora, though they sponsored a project to extend Mozilla Thunderbird with the look, feel, and some features of Eudora. I lost track of it over the years, but it turns out they finally released Eudora OSE last September…four years later.
- Revealed: How Area 51 Hid Secret Craft. Advanced designs by humans, of course, not alien ships.
Category: Strange World
That’s Not What I Said!
Things Google speech recognition came up with when I tried to search for “The Lost Bean” (an independent coffee place in Tustin):
- oh clock team
- the team
- zoloft 18
After three tries I gave up and searched for something else in the same strip mall. Oddly enough, it had no trouble figuring out Nieuport 17. 😕
Recalled Waste
Who would have thought that something called Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge Chew Bars would be bad for you?
Candy Dynamics Recalls Toxic Waste® brand Nuclear Sludge® Chew Bars
(via @ThisIsTrue. Originally linked to FDA recall release, link updated to point to NPR article. Apparently it was too much lead in the “hazardously sour” candy.)
Links: Coffee, D&D Advice, Paused Niagra Falls
Some interesting links I’ve encountered over the past week or two.
- Help! My Half-Elf is Pregnant! – The 11 strangest Dungeons and Dragons questions from the “Sage Advice” Column
- 15 things worth knowing about coffee by The Oatmeal.
- Photos: When Niagra Falls Ran Dry
Book a Day and Bogus Ads
How To Read a Book a Day by The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. (via @johannadc) – I don’t think this will work for the new Wheel of Time book.
Belly Button Lint and Bogus Ads – a marketer on refusing to participate in campaigns that mislead or flat-out lie about the product.
Links: 1.0 Releases, Sci-Fi and Science Fact, The Missile that Wasn’t
- Matt Mullenweg on Apple, WordPress & tech release strategy. 1.0 Is the Loneliest Number
- Robert J. Sawyer on the relationship between science fiction and science fact: The job of sci-fi isn’t to predict “THE future,” but “to suggest a smorgasbord of possible futures, so that society may choose the one it wants.”
- Mystery California missile turns out to be a contrail lit by sunset, seen almost end-on so that it looked vertical. The photo actually reminds me of a contrail I once saw.
No Earthquake Watch
The heat wave has people freaking out again…
There is no such thing as an “earthquake watch.” Unlike tornadoes and hurricanes, they strike without warning and cannot be predicted (so far). There’s also no such thing as “earthquake weather”…and I say this as a lifelong Californian.