Dr. Samuel Says
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Wednesday, 05 December 2007 |
I like to keep a few Internet bookmarks handy for when I get depressed about the state of the world and concerned for the future. (If you're curious, under current global conditions, it’s every 53.4 minutes exactly -- I've been clocking myself.) One of them is the WikiQuote page for The Daily Show. This may be, pixel-for-pixel, the funniest single page on the Internet.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
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Here's a koan for you: Robots are cool, and guitars are cool. But is a robot guitar cool? In my book? Hell to the yeah. The world's first robot guitar, from industry stalwart Gibson, will debut next month in very limited quantities, to a very limited number of retail outlets. Only 10 guitars per store, as a matter of fact, so get in line now. The first-run models will come in "an exclusive Blue Silverburst Les Paul model" before the regular version hits the market next year.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
I was making my usual rounds in the lab this morning when I stopped to scan the headlines on my NanoRetinal Display PDA (patent pending). One news item in particular got me so excited I spilled a beaker of retroviral plasmids on my faithful guard dog, Copernicus. (It should be interesting to see how that turns out.)
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 01 November 2007 |
As you know, I spent several years at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the early 1990s. My work there remains classified, and I've found out the hard way that the government really does not want me talking about it. But I can say that JPL is a great place to work, and a lot more fun than you might think. For instance, we fielded a formidable co-ed softball team, and would annually spank those jokers from MIT in the Astrophysicist Rec League.
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