A weekly aggregation of tech stories of note December 11, 2012 Steam Without Boiling Water – Metallic nano particles can be used to produce steam using sunlight without raising the surrounding water to the boiling point. This has huge implications for energy production and other industries that rely on steam generation. See story at Earth Techling. Classical Musician Reinterprets Video ...
“To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of evolution: it is mad to try to express new feelings in a “mummified” form.” – Alfred Jarry – Legal expert and blogger Terry Hart and I had the chance to meet in DC this week, and we were ...
In today’s post about transparency, I stated that TechDirt was among the blogs that criticized the appointment of Representative Lamar Smith as Chairman of the House Science Committee. There was, in fact, a slew of blogs about the appointment, and I honestly believed I had seen one from TechDirt several days before writing my article. Editor Mike Masnick wrote a ...
It isn’t just perception. Partisan politics in the U.S. really is worse than ever, if we’re to take the word of those who’ve been on the inside for the last 40 or so years. I was listening to an audio version of Tom Brokaw’s book The Time of Our Lives recently, and hearing him describe today’s dysfunctional intransigence in Washington, ...
There are a lot theories and a lot of experimentation with regard to independent filmmaking, the digital age, and the prospects for redefining the ways in which filmed entertainment can be funded by sponsors and distributed over the web. I thought it would be interesting to talk to Amy French, an old friend who is a writer, filmmaker, and actress ...