... Hubble has been a most wonderful gift for the imagination! I have downloaded a number of the wonderful pictures and I like using them on my desktop. ...
Happy Christmas and New year to everyone. I plan a very relaxed time: 1) Scanning and reading selected articles in a big pile of Nature and New Scientists. 2)...
Seconding the Happy Christmas wishes - My online "card": http://buncombe.main.nc.us/~mbbweb/miscpics/MBCard.jpg Spring is on the way! :) Regards, MB...
... Indeed -- but it is only three days into Winter -- in the northern hemisphere. ];-) Thank you, and may I offer my own in return, and to all our friends ...
We (as a family) watch the extended versions of LOTR about once every three months. I was on a site not too long ago which compared the visual difference...
... What HD-DVD Version? Any excuse to by an HD TV or HD player for my Mac. The Mac Screen has HD resolution capability. Ian -- Ian Robinson - Belfast - UK ...
... I have watched these both in DVD (which I have) and HD (which they have been broadcast in on my movie channel). While the difference is noticeable, I'm...
I watched the TNTHD channel broadcast of LOTR ... it looked to me as though it was a DVD video broadcast into an HD stream. But then again ... I don't know...
The Corot space telescope, designed to look for terrestrial type planets around other stars in our galaxy was successfully launched today. Happy days. See: ...
... Ha! I was nearly blown over when I came out my sisters front door this evening. Today has seen some sustained high winds over the north of the UK. ...
Does anyone have any pointers to articles or sites they use to keep up to date with fuel cell technologies and the science behind them? Ian -- Ian Robinson -...
This year question posed to prominent thinkers by The Edge was "What are you Optimistic about? Why?". The responses from 160 respondents are up at: ...
... I'm optimistic that in 2007 we will see increased governmental funding for embryonic stem cell research in the USA. Both Federal and State. This will be a...
Saw this in a copy of Nature from last month (part of the pile of back reading mentioned earlier). A recent development in solar cell efficiency. These...
Are the Magellanic Clouds just interlopers passing through our neck of the woods rather than gravitationally bound satellite galaxies of the Milky Way? Maybe....
This weeks In Our Time on the BBC is about Life on Mars. I Haven't listened to it yet. Just noticed it download in iTunes as I subscribe to the podcast ...
The nature article wants a purchase. Was there any talk of release to the public on those new cells, and the possible cost? An old collegue of mine built his...
... Sorry. I must have a cookie that means I don't have to login. ... Nope. Still a research effort at present. Ian -- Ian Robinson - Belfast - UK Soapbox -...
I'm hoping to do a weekly roundup of stuff I find interesting in the science journals and mags I subscribe to (Nature, Science, New Scientist). Feel free to...
... Tesco (UK based supermarket chain [1]) have just awarded a big contract to put solar panels on the roof of one of their Californian distribution centres....
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37311 (includes link to original article which is subscription only) Summary: there's not enough lithium in the...
... Yes, that's a bit of a problem. We need some kind of recyclable recharging fuel cells of some sort, preferably using nickel hydrides or some such to...
