Science Daily => Carnivorous Dinosaur Tracks Discovered In Australia The three separate dinosaur tracks are about 14 inches long, show at least two or three partial toes, and were likely made by large carnivorous dinosaurs (theropods) on river floodplains about 115 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. Based on track sizes, Martin estimates that … Read more
Reuters UK => China builds 1.5 km dam to protect dinosaur site Representative democracy is too difficult for the Chinese to build, but they sure can build dams. BEIJING (Reuters) – China has built a large earth dam to protect a dinosaur fossil site from being washed away by floods, state media said on Tuesday. … Read more
Science Daily => Best Solar Homes: German Team Wins Solar Decathlon I can always get behind this type of stuff. The Solar Decathlon challenged 20 college and university teams to compete in 10 contests and design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered home. and This team from Germany came to the Solar … Read more
BBC => BBC Trust approves bbc.com proposal The BBC Trust has approved proposals for the BBC to establish bbc.com, a commercial venture to offer advertising on the BBC’s international online service for users outside the UK. UK users’ experience of bbc.co.uk will not be affected. bbc.com will deliver a new flow of income from international … Read more
New York Post => GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT, MAC? Reviewing the new book, Options by Fake Steve Jobs, the New York Post quotes this poem from the book… Sometimes I feel like a great chef who has devoted his entire life to monastic study of the art of cooking & gathered the finest ingredients … Read more
Apart from the obvious screw-up on this sign, I hope this restriction prediction on Indian School is a little more accurate than the one on Osborn was. Last year, in about November or December, they put this same sign up on Osborn, with a note that the restriction would last until 1/31/07. The restriction was … Read more
Sometimes you use software all the time and never know what it can do. I see that Ecto, which is my blog editor of choice, can insert the current track I’m listening to in iTunes right into my blog. Why? A Shot in the Dark by Henry Mancini Technorati Tags: Blog, Music
Doctor Who => BBC – Doctor Who – News – Who Needs Another Doctor? avid Tennant’s Tenth Doctor is set to meet Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor in a special scene commissioned for BBC One’s Children in Need. The scene, entitled Time Crash, was written by award winning Doctor Who writer Steven Moffatt, and will transmit … Read more
Here’s something I don’t see too often in Phoenix. Usually it’s just flies, bees and the occasional West Nile carrying mosquito. Technorati Tags: Blog, Natural Sciences, Insects
I’m not sure what the logic is behind it, but Tesco has decided to try to crack the US market. They bombed miserably in Taiwan and sold out to Carrefour, a French equivalent. Now, I suppose I could understand wanting to move into the US market. There’s money to be made, but why oh why … Read more