http://kylejelle.com Here we go again... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:06:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What do you get when you mix Cheech and Chong, Tron, and economics? Video: Cheech and Chong Cinemash "Tron" I simply cannot think of anything to say after that. http://kylejelle.com/?p=177 Office 2010: The Movie: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUawhjxLS2I[/youtube] Wow.  That makes me want to process some words. http://kylejelle.com/?p=176 Are you tired of movies that have nothing going for them but big robots, bigger explosions and occasionally Megan Fox?  Have you had enough of swoopy starships that can escape from black holes, but never from plot holes?  John Scalzi says: The answer to that is actually the solution, which is ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=175 Charles Stross has been writing a series of posts detailing his history as a codemonkey before he achieved his success as an SF writer.  It's a fascinating read.  It's not hard to see where Accelerando came from.  Stross had quite a checkered career, including quite possibly launching the world's first ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=174 This one's pretty good: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9mjEF_lEDE[/youtube] But I still prefer this one: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3L1wnpVb8&feature=related[/youtube] And with that, I think it's time to declare this meme played out, once and for all.  It's just not funny anymore unless it's making fun of itself, and since that's already been done, it's time to let it go.  Auf wiedersehen, ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=172 United Breaks Guitars: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo[/youtube] Spread the word. http://kylejelle.com/?p=171 Well, this is good to know: Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say. Even better: The researchers say this is the same as is found in two cups of "specialty" coffees such as lattes or cappuccinos from coffee shops, 14 cups of ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=170 I never thought I'd see the day.  Gmail finally – finally – comes out of beta: Beta no more: Google apps graduate to non-beta status - Ars Technica http://kylejelle.com/?p=169 This rocks: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9LXHrzOVYA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] http://kylejelle.com/?p=167 Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency Via Andrew Sullivan http://kylejelle.com/?p=165 Here are a couple of interesting essays on the Singularity, and how it might be achieved without molecular manufacturing and artificial intelligence: Achieving a Mundane Technological Transhuman Singularity Response to Dr. Richard A.L. Jones’ IEET Spectrum Piece: ‘Rupturing the Nanotech Rapture’ http://kylejelle.com/?p=164 Wow.  With reviews like these, I have got to get one of these USB cables.  They'll make all my problems go away! If I could use a rusty boxcutter to carve a new orifice in my body that's compatible with this link cable, I would already be doing it. I can ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=163 Nick Mamatas spills the beans on what editors really want: I propose a moratorium ...on the phrase, said by editors of venues who publish short stories (magazines, anthologies, collections, etc.) "I just want good stories." The reason I think editors should no longer say this is because it is a lie and a ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=162 Just when you think it can't get any worse... It sucks to work in the newspaper industry today. http://kylejelle.com/?p=161 Check out the Trons, playing "Sister Robot": [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2JChnwv2Ws[/youtube] Not exactly heavy metal. http://kylejelle.com/?p=160 Live like common people: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWEM4gZhg4[/youtube] http://kylejelle.com/?p=158 The NY Times profiles Ray Kurzweil and the singularity. Dr. Kurzweil’s predictions come under intense scrutiny in the engineering magazine IEEE Spectrum, which devotes its current issue to the Singularity. Some of the experts writing in the issue endorse Dr. Kurzweil’s belief that conscious, intelligent beings can be created, but most ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=157 Why science matters: But here’s the thing. The reason science really matters runs deeper still. Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that’s precise, predictive and reliable — a transformation, for those lucky enough ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=156 The Predator movie I want to see: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRm7yuVWM-A[/youtube] http://kylejelle.com/?p=155 Ginia Bellafante delves into the mysteries of Lost: “Lost,” which concludes its fourth season on ABC on Thursday night, refuses our passive interest while it denies us the satisfaction of ever feeling that we might confidently explain, to the person sitting next to us at dinner, that we have a true ... http://kylejelle.com/?p=154