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The Mousetrap
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I found a mouse trapped in a smooth sided coleman cooler that has been stored in my kitchen. It couldn't get out. And with the hamster gone (RIP), I thought I could begin the big mouse roundup.
I caught it, then released it into Hammy's cage. It hid, afraid, behind Hammy's old straw hut.
The other mouse, if there's only one, began making a pile of noise as if in protest, rattling papers, swinging the chew that hangs from the drawer, always just out of sight, the audible mischief done, but no mice to be seen.
And I went to check up on it a few hours later, but it was still hiding I thought. And so I turned the cage upside-down, mussed in the sawdust, turned over the tropical hut, nothing.
It's escaped. I need to find an old aquarium, something without bars, these mice, they're nimble.
Science at the Edge
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And so at long last I finally finished "Science at the Edge". Which was interesting, a compilation of essays by leading scientists on what they think are important issues.
It was interesting, and not least because it reaffirmed my belieft that science, in some measure, has become a bit of a religion. And as in any religion there are zealots. They have no problems disagreeing profoundly on just about everything, in almost every aspect those adherents of a particular theory will defend it almost unto the death. While they acknowledge there is the possibility they may be wrong, none will believe it. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence. And, lest you think that by some quantum "viewer creates their own reality conundrum" they're all right, by their own admission and insistence they can't be. Someone must be wrong. Just not the scientist writing this essay.
But it was a book, and the problem with books is that it takes time to edit, proofread, set the presses, distribute, market, etc.
And for books on technology that's a bad thing. Principally because by the time the book makes it to a shelf near you many of the subjects and topics are already out of date. No, there's no general unified theory as of yet, but great strides have been made that answer and raise new questions. And that information can be found online. All of it.
For this, the internet is perfect. Information can be distributed and disseminated instantaneously. For science and technology especially, as information distributed by older means is far too slow to the mill.
So I'll end this by saying, if you want to know what the current top issues in science are today, and get the breaking news, don't read a book. Books are for literature, poetry, plays. And when I say this, bear in mind I am prejudiced in favour of books. A book is, in my mind, far superior to staring at a digital screen. But not for this.
Links to Ezines on Science and Technology:
Links to Video Media on Social, Science and Technology Issues:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Google+Techtalks&emb=0#
Kids nowadays are spoiled
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Kids nowadays are spoiled. I tell them but they don’t believe me, about the chicken livers sautéed with onions I had to eat when I was a child, about the year straight of overcooked spaghetti and meat sauce when my father was learning to cook. We went for dinner maybe once a month. They think I’m making it up. I don't think they've ever even tried a brussel sprout. Or a chicken liver. Nowadays, if the pizza has mushrooms on it it’s a lousy meal…
Google Approval
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I've noticed my page-rank is dropping. Odd, that, for a long time while my blog sat inactive without a single post I was #1 in searches for "Rod Boyle". But as of late I'm number #9. People with Linked In Profiles are beating me. And people with You Tube videos. Who are these other Rod Boyle's who run golf courses, IT management firms in the UK, I wonder? Bastards, every one of them, I'm sure. Maybe I need to start doing some promotions. I'm not looking for much, really, just #1 in my name. Perhaps I should post a clever You Tube video with me as the star. No one would ever see it because I'm not really a star, not even of my own video. But it would drive up my ranking. OR I could hide hidden links to my site in other sites I build.....
But really, what I should be wondering is why I'm so desperate for Google's Approval....
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