Chinese pyramids, head-expanding webpages, library fines, Blue Gene…

• 1 – Diamond by-product of hydrogen production and storage method
  Talk about serendipity; find a way to store hydrogen as a fuel in carbon based materials, and at the same time find a way to produce nanocrystalline diamonds. Result!
  (tags: diamond nanocrystalline coal anthracite fuel hydrogen physics chemistry science)
• 2 – Ancient pyramids found in China
  Yet another ancient site unearthed! It’s been a bumber crop this year…is this the result of crowdsourcing on Google earth, perhaps?
  (tags: tomb cultures ancient pyramid archeology history China)
• 3 – Hydrogen Atom Scale Model
  This oversized webpage puts across a sense of perspective on atomic distances and sizes…
  (tags: visualization physics science model atom hydrogen page web)
• 4 – The Deep Sky Frontier
  ….and this page is stupidly large as well, a real thought provoker.
  (tags: astronomy maths science number size big page web)
• 5 – Library encounters
  Razib at Gene expression discovers the horrible truth about library fines.
  (tags: debt books overdue fines libraries)
• 6 – Wonderful World of Wireless
  Anaheim, California will be the first city to get municipal wi-fi internet. It’ll be interesting to see how this works out.
  (tags: municipal urban model business Earthlink Anaheim internet wireless wifi)
• 7 – Space attack on satellites could be devastating
  US starts to panic about the possibility of terrorism in space.
  (tags: panic attack nuclear terrorism bomb economy satellite space US)
• 8 – Mathematicians snipe to win on eBay
  Scientifically proven…cheating is the best way to win on eBay. Although I work on the theory that if you only make one bid, of the maximum amount you are willing to pay, and leave it at that, you’ll never end up paying more than you want to. Meh.
  (tags: hacking auction computer science mathematics sniping ebay)
• 9 – Atomic simulation most intensive computer program ever
  Of course, you need a pretty fast computer to do that sort of thing…
  (tags: activity nuclear quantum technology simulation computing Gene Blue IBM)
• 10 – Supercomputer Sets New Performance Record
  …but the boys at Big Blue aren’t resting on their laurels, especially not with all the competition coming down the pike.
  (tags: technology record performance power processing computing teraflops Gene Blue IBM)
• 11 – Mac Tonnies’ Indigenous Hypothesis
  The Mac expounds his theories about the beings that we may share a planet with, touching on transhumanism, retooling humans for new environments, and the singularity.
  (tags: consciousness singularity transhumanism hypothesis Indigenous Tonnies Mac telepresence biological)
• 12 – Stephen Hawking, Global Warming, and Moving Out
  Jamais Cascio backs up my stance on people misinterpreting Hawking.
  (tags: space diaspora survival risk futurism race human disaster warming global Stephen Hawking)
• 13 – Troika Datasound
  Weird art project for turning digital data into sound…sample, mix and scratch using the audio output of viruses, spreadsheets, love letters, whatever.
  (tags: sample playback data sound digital audio hardware art)
• 14 – Drop the kids off at the pool in style
  More money than sense? You need this carbon-fiber-finish toilet bowl.
  (tags: crap pointless bling expense gadget bowl toilet fiber carbon)
• 15 – HSPC Tech Station Kit
  Sort of the ultimate in minimalist case-modding…to have no case at all.
  (tags: tool testing Station Tech geek PC frame mod case hardware computer)
• 16 – Naming Names Around Pluto
  Centauri Dreams lays down the historical context.
  (tags: astronomy history Charon Hydra Nyx names moons planet Pluto space)
• 17 – Clowns Sabotage Nuke Missile
  Strange, but apparently true.
  (tags: war peace protest silo minuteman missile weapon nuclear sabotage clowns)