Happy Fishbowls, Snow Crystals and Fame

Remember when Sony sold that infrared camera that rendered some clothing transparent? Well, it turns out that government is working on cameras and sensing technology, using light in the terahertz range, just below infrared, that also renders clothing transparent.
If you’re like me, you’re always on the look out for scientifically inspired desktop wallpaper, like false-color images of snowflakes in a scanning electron microscope.
Total strangers are beginning to link to my site, thanks to the wonders of Google. Some folks disagree with my stance on cars. Two others, Ben James Godsill and some guy named Buck linked to my screed on irony after September 11th. A disclaimer: My policy studies are ha, ha, only serious folks.
And I’ve just discovered Blogdex’s social network generator. No blogs in Blogdex link to me, which isn’t surprising since I haven’t yet found a reason to link to other blogs in the Blogdex database. But the scripts still seem to think I have friends. This is weird, I mean, I don’t even know Mr. Zeldman.