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Can you handle an All Programmable Planet?

Clive Maxfield

5/22/2012 7:39 PM EDT

Actually, you don’t have much of a choice, because it’s here already!


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What were they thinking: Chicken Tikka Masala

Brian Bailey

5/18/2012 11:16 AM EDT

Who invented Chicken Tikka Masala, and while we are about it, where did the term curry come from...


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You cannot get more fusion than Pizza. Everyone claims they invented it in various forms over the ...

Best of the web – May 18

Brian Bailey

5/18/2012 9:50 AM EDT

Blogs from around the web that made my “best of the web” list this week…


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Something smells

Carolyn Mathas

5/16/2012 1:48 PM EDT

Is this cool, or what? As you know, sensors are increasingly taking over our five senses in an ever-growing number of applications.


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The most beautiful words in the English Language are...

Clive Maxfield

5/14/2012 9:16 AM EDT

This is the sort of thing that, once you see it, you can’t fail to have your own thoughts and suggestions...


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There was a short series of films called "America by Air". I have one on VHS but sadly not ...

The fascination of Max

Clive Maxfield

5/12/2012 2:56 PM EDT

In which a reader asks ... a lot of questions pertaining to the "Magnificence of Max"


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I can tell you right now that no one would want them -- I suppose even a note saying "Don't forget ...

Is this a map of dark matter or the "fools gold" equivalent?

Clive Maxfield

5/11/2012 6:09 PM EDT

Like Winnie the Pooh, I am a bear of simple brain, and many things confuse and confound me. One such topic is that of dark matter.


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If one has selected the career of being an astronomer, and being well paid for it, one must deliver ...

Best of the web – May 11

Brian Bailey

5/11/2012 11:32 AM EDT

Blogs from around the web that made my “best of the web” list this week…


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Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds

Clive Maxfield

5/9/2012 3:41 PM EDT

My mind is churning away thinking about the various different genres of television programs I used to watch as a kid circa the early 1960s.


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LoL, Rollings stones with a flair of AC/DC? Nah , may be not. To each band their credit, both ...

Well, this certainly took me by surprise...

Clive Maxfield

5/8/2012 6:32 PM EDT

This is the story of mankind clawing for survival, of mankind on the edge...


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If you want to see enthusiasm, check out his Facebook page. He drops one little tidbit about some ...

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