Monthly Archives: July 2011

Time travel, relativity and science journalism

So last week a friend pointed out a news headline that read “Time travel is impossible” and he wanted my opinions on it. So first let’s explain what the team of scientists in Hong Kong demonstrated. Their experiment showed that … Continue reading

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Recognizing comment spam

Now that my site is back up, spambots are bludgeoning it with comment spam, which was also true in my Movable Type days. Luckily I have things set here to require my approval before allowing them to appear on my … Continue reading

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I've decided I like WordPress

It’s been just over a month since I put the mighty, mighty Farlops Industries back online and I love the way WordPress works. To be fair, I loved the way the Melody fork of MovableType worked too and, I’d rather … Continue reading

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Neutrino detectors and the core of the Earth

All the volcanism, seismic activity and tectonic plate movement on the Earth is driven by heat deep in the planet’s core. Until now the source of that heat in the core was thought to be two things: Primordial heat as … Continue reading

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Some poorly framed thoughts on why I'm unhappy with SMS and social networking tools

Now that I have a mobile phone, I’ve decided to rant about this and e-mail. I’ve ranted about e-mail before. I think it was poorly implemented to start with, lacking friendly, easy to use crypto for example, and got worse … Continue reading

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