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DNA logic gates, Merkle's rod logic gates
So, from various sources, today I learned about a team of molecular biologists at Stanford University who’ve constructed logic gates out of the DNA transcription machinery. There is a video summary with some animations as well. While reading about all … Continue reading
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Why don't I embed video on my site?
Well, this gets into my endless arguments about W3C standards, interoperability and freedom from any proprietary software. But basically I hate Adobe’s Flash utility. Yes, it’s widely supported but, it’s proprietary and, I’d rather not have the Internet held to … Continue reading
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Words that I've coined.
Okay, to preface, I’ve searched the Web for these words and I’ve found that in all cases, it was only me that was using them, or if they were used by someone else it wasn’t in any coherent way beyond … Continue reading
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Premise for a science fiction story: Lenin revived from cryonic suspension
This is an idea I had for character in the game of City of Heroes, a game now sadly deceased. (These days I play Champions Online, based, at least partially on the venerable and wonderful Hero System table-top rules set. … Continue reading
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This could be the decade of tiny robots
I’ve just noticed something that has been slowly happening over the last ten or twenty years. New technology and manufacturing techniques will soon make it possible to make millions of tiny machines, perhaps even microscopic robots, cheaply. For example, it … Continue reading
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The Lingering Reasonableness of Alcubierre's Metric
As an aging ex-physics major, knowing just barely enough to glimpse at possible answers but not enough to really know if I’m right–a little knowledge is a dangerous thing because it makes you presumptive that you’ve got all the facts … Continue reading
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Jack Kirby in Motion
So this is really a miscellaneous post about several things and just an excuse to keep my site from going stale. The animated image is just there so you won’t think this is a complete waste of your time. You … Continue reading
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It's hard to maintain patience with my fellow apes
I read some depressing news today about lingering sexism in nerd subculture. And it’s not that I was shocked by it, I mean, I knew it was still there. I only had to look at comic book covers or read … Continue reading
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The emotional equivalent of our retina being wired in backwards
This a post that is mostly out of character for me but, a few hours ago, some facts and concepts that I’ve long known rearranged themselves in my head and struck me as remarkable. Oddly this was in an area … Continue reading
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Udra, a wiki entry of sorts.
Udra is the name of a fictitious country in my stunningly long running role-playing game campaign, which began in the summer of 1978. It’s official name is the Udran Confederated Monarchy and Allied Nations, although it really only officially took … Continue reading