Check out this article about a Northern Alberta, Canada, group of beavers that have created their own dam twice as wide as the Hoover Dam and visible from space.
Gulf of Mexico oil slick said to be five times bigger than previously thought
Check out this article on the recent sinking of an oil rig and subsequent spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Apparently, this is far bigger than any ocean spill ever.
Second Guessing Avatar
Here’s one simple and fascinating thing that occurred for me while watching Avatar:
It’s not that you didn’t know when you were watching computer animation, it’s that you started second guessing whether the real actors you were looking at were real.
Daniel didn’t Know
In the Book of Daniel, in the second chapter, is told the story of King Nebuchadnezzar, of his dream which his wise men and magicians could not tell him, and of Daniel, a captive from conquered Judah, whose God was a revealer of secrets.
There is no spoon
Web developers rejoice! You are going to love this: Spoon.net.
Apollo 8 – In the beginning God…
Apollo 8 – In the beginning God…
Open Source Project Names
I read freshmeat a lot which is basically a clearing house of mostly open source projects and their new versions.
Here’s a rule for all you people naming projects:
Ever wondered what a “far cry” is?
Ever wondered what a “far cry” is?
Anti-Spam Done Right
Blog comment spam is a big problem. I started out with no protection on this blog. I found out rather quickly that wouldn’t do.
So I implemented a CAPTCHA which requires you to enter a random code to prevent automated comment submissions. Then I found out actual humans were submitting comments (or perhaps very smart anti-CAPTCHA programs).
My next step was disabling auto-approval unless you had one pre-approved comment. But that only resulted in me clearing out spam every day and discouraging real-time discussion because comments wouldn’t show up immediately. After a long time, I finally found Akismet.
I know why you want to hate me.
The great document Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? is playing behind me and I just watched the scene in which Morgan Spurloch walks through an orthodox Jewish quarter in Jerusalem.
He is assailed quite angrily by young and old very old school Jewish looking men. He is pushed, shoved and yelled at. One man threatens to break the camera.