4.16.2001

"Where can I find other great gooey gobs of coolness on the net?" someone asked Zark

Bioblogy is on its last breaths.


posted by azwaldo Monday, April 16, 2001 | link

4.3.2001

Long time no blog.
posted by azwaldo Tuesday, April 03, 2001 | link

3.29.2001

CNN.com - Sci-Tech - Space - First Alpha crew gives space station high marks - March 28, 2001
"You can't see your family. Your bones and muscles wilt away. You can't even take a decent bath.
"But the first long-term residents of the new international space station Alpha still give life on the station rave reviews."


posted by azwaldo Thursday, March 29, 2001 | link

2001.

And this, a space oddity.

"It's the G-spot of the locust...

BBC News | Why locusts swarm " For the first time, zoologists at the University of Oxford, UK, have pinpointed touch-sensitive hairs on the insects' hind legs which activate swarming.
" 'It's the G-spot of the locust - G for gregarisation, in this case,' team leader Stephen Simpson told BBC News Online.
"Locusts are normally shy, solitary creatures. But in a swarm they become a menace, capable of stripping fields of crops in a matter of hours.
"The Oxford team has found that 'hot-spots' on the hind legs of the locusts, stimulated when they group together, turn the relatively harmless insects into destructive pests."

Dan Dan took me to one of his fishing spots up the shore, mouth of the Sucker river - past the French with the hatchery - to cast loopers for trout.

Here is one reason I have such a fine roommate:
Today's News "Kenya's universities are rejecting government proposals that they admit more students, saying that they do not have the capacity to educate the 22,000 students who were turned away this year even though they had passed the entrance examinations."

Speaking of whom... Wangai, my esteemed opponent, has defeated the azwaldo pawn empire yet again.

Current score:

Wangai 6-1/2
azwaldo 5-1/2

posted by azwaldo Thursday, March 29, 2001 | link

3.25.2001

The Official Jethro Tull web site.


posted by azwaldo Sunday, March 25, 2001 | link

blogging down again
posted by azwaldo Sunday, March 25, 2001 | link

3.24.2001

"The final manoeuvres all went according to plan and were a triumph for Russian ground controllers. Since 1978, 85 craft, including several previous space stations, have been safely brought to Earth in the South Pacific and Mir was no exception."

whew!


posted by azwaldo Saturday, March 24, 2001 | link

CNN.com - Sci-Tech - Space - Mir wreckage could wash up on islands - March 24, 2001 "Mir ended its 15 years in space in a fiery return to earth, guided by Russian mission controllers who successfully shunted it out of orbit on Friday."


posted by azwaldo Saturday, March 24, 2001 | link

3.19.2001

Hmmm...

Jethro Tull Tour dates

USA
DATECITYVENUE
JULY
17Cleveland, OHCain Park
19Lansing, MICommon Ground Festival
20West Branch, MIHarley Davidson Party
21Chicago, ILChicago Theatre
22Cadott, WIChippewa Valley Fest.
24Rockfor, ILCoronado Theatre

posted by azwaldo Monday, March 19, 2001 | link

So, if you are worried about where the Mir is right now, or any other satellite...
This is a pretty spiffy site.J-Pass: Setup Help Brought to you by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, J-Pass is intended for entertainment only. We hope J-Pass will be an exciting participation in humankind's exploration of space. Enjoy!
posted by azwaldo Monday, March 19, 2001 | link

3.18.2001

I actually worry more about some of this falling on my head...

Astronauts boost space station, take out trash - The really unpleasant waste -- human waste, stored in sealed toilet canisters -- goes into unmanned Russian supply ships. These ships are sent periodically to the space station and, once emptied and refilled with garbage, are jettisoned to burn up in the atmosphere.

...than I do this:

Russian mission controllers will attempt to guide the doomed space station Mir into a huge watery grave in the Pacific Ocean. What are the odds that the largest manmade object ever to fall from space will land on someone?

posted by azwaldo Sunday, March 18, 2001 | link

This is bound to be a "long war":

'Terminator' victory a small step in long war "A firestorm of criticism - and well-organized campaigns by opponents - over the development of plants that are genetically engineered to produce infertile seeds caused Monsanto to announce Monday that it would not pursue the commercial development of so-called terminator technology. Biotech critics say that it's one battle in a long war, though."

posted by azwaldo Sunday, March 18, 2001 | link

I guess this would be blogology:

Labs, Robots, and Giant Floating Brains: The Amazingly True Story of Blogger! It all started at the secret headquarters of Pyra Labs in 1999. A talented crew of individuals led by Evan Williams joined forces to build some "groupware."

posted by azwaldo Sunday, March 18, 2001 | link