Petrolia Ca: 6.0 Earthquake Reported in California Feb 4: Maps

Petrolia California was the site of a 6.0 earthquake (later revised to 5.9) today and residents in Humboldt County reported shaking and movement in this area of California, however no reports of damages or injuries...

Update Jan. 11/10:Like the belly of a dragon, Earthquakes Rumble

Update Jan11/10 8:00 AM (PST):  Well, as daylight rises here on the Western hemisphere, tweeters are busy twittering about small earthquakes from all over the place.  Significantly, overnight the planet...

2,000-year-old gold earring found in Jerusalem

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081110/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_ancient_jewelry;_ylt=AoMZ1YGd878hhMNbQXTx2nUazJV4 Slideshow: Excavation uncovers Roman-era gold earring JERUSALEM – A luxurious gold,...

Machine aids brain-damaged little girl to say I love you mom for the first time

What a wonderful tender bonding experience for her loving parents! Science once again makes miracles happen thanks to passionate people that research and investigate to bless others lives. " A severely...

Sex is good for your brain

Where do you sign up for this research - and do you get to choose your study partner?"It seems that a good old-fashioned bonk is an ideal way to keep your brain in tip-top condition.  Cognitive psychologist Terry Horne and biochemist Simon Wootton, the co-authors of...

Eureka S02E13 (Scifi)

This is the second part of the season finale of Eureka. Pretty much everything is explained, except the true nature of the strange artifact. Henry surprises everyone with his way of dealing with things. Allison is most definitely a lot closer to Stark than previously. I...

Eureka S02E12 (Scifi)

This is the first part of the season finale. This story has been building since the beginning of the season. It involves the artifact and Allison’s son Kevin. In some way, Kevin bonded with the artifact. There is some technical mumbo jumbo about this, but what it means...

At Xerox, It's Here Today ... Gone Tomorrow! :: MAXINE

"Just when you begin to think that paper documents are about to be a thing of the past ... "Everything is going digital!" ... Xerox reveals that it still is applying R&D assets on hardcopy processes. That's right,...

Eureka! Tents Shelter Porters' Progress

"Eureka! Tents Shelter Porters' Progress Porters’ Progress is a Nepali-based non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to improving the lives of trekking porters through programs that emphasize advocacy, education and empowerment. Porters’ Progress began in May 2000...

Nuke’s Website 2.0 Network of The Week

It was not my intent to politicize this week'€™s selection of WOTW, and frankly, given Tuesday's Republican meltdown, I haven'€™t wanted to spend a lot of time examining political angles, actions, and consequences. I just wanted to take a short break and relax, get some...

Castro Street Fair: Living History in SF

"The Castro Street Fair has become a San Francisco Institution. Harvey Milk arranged the first fair as a way to unify the local gay community in defiance of the Eureka Valley Merchants Association which refused to...

Eureka Reviewed (Scifi)

This article is part of the meta-post Another 3000 words or how copyrights are creating a controversy on Chartreuse. This article reviews the first few episodes of Eureka, a new comedic drama science-fiction show on Scifi. See here for my first impressions about this show.

Another 3000 Words or How Copyrights Are Creating A Controversy On Chartreuse

This is the meta-post Another 3000 Words or How Copyrights Are Creating A Controversy On Chartreuse. This series of posts covers some Big Brother, some TV reviews, Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds, some essays and more! Today’s photos come from all over the world....

Calacanis and the digg mafia or how monetizing the blogosphere is getting som...

It’s not like our feature photographer needs the publicity, however he is an exceptional photographer. Thomas Hawk is now working with Zooomr and Kris Tate. Most of the other photos in this post come from the HDR pool from flickr, so this continues my photographical...

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