Archives for July 2007
Brian May of Queen finishes work for his Ph.D. in Astrophysics
Published on 28 Jul 2007 at 6:44 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Music, Research, Space.
Brian May, the lead guitarist of Queen, finished his requirements for his Ph.D. in Astrophysics. (See his remarks on his blog here) I remember years ago, when I first became interested in Queen’s music and learned that Brian May had studied Astrophysics. He put his studies on hold to form the famous rock band Queen with Freddie […]
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Mars Rovers at Risk!
Published on 26 Jul 2007 at 12:03 am.
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Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Robotics, Space.
A global dust storm has developed on Mars enveloping the red planet in a shroud of red dust. At times up to 99% of the sunlight is blocked out, and NASA scientists fear that the rover’s batteries will not last until the storm subsides. The Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been actively exploring Mars […]
Tutorial: Isolating Objects in Photoshop
Published on 24 Jul 2007 at 10:19 am.
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Filed under Note to Self, Photography, Solutions.
Note to Self: In the Shutterstock Discussion Forum, there is a tutorial on Isolating Objects in Photoshop.
http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3711
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Ecofriendly Paper and Textiles!
Published on 23 Jul 2007 at 1:01 am.
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Filed under Entrepreneurship, Green, Inventions, Solutions.
This weekend we visited my friend Kelly in New York City. Kelly works for Design and Source Productions in Manhattan, and she told us about all the ecofriendly developments that they are making in packaging and production. Their new environmental division is Chameleon Packaging, which is responsible for developing and promoting environmentally and economically smart choices […]
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Comment Spam and Blacklists
Published on 17 Jul 2007 at 10:02 pm.
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Filed under Internet, Solutions.
I am getting a huge amount of comment spam, and despite the fact that I have blacklisted a large number of keywords, the spammers have gotten smart and are commenting with single innocuous words, such as: nice, cool, and sorry. It is tough to blacklist these as they will just come up with others.
Instead, the […]
