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and it’s almost 5:00 and I’m still awake.

From Science Magazine: Scientists studying sunspots for the past 2 decades have concluded that the magnetic field that triggers their formation has been steadily declining. If the current trend continues, by 2016 the sun’s face may become spotless and remain that way for decades—a phenomenon that in the 17th century coincided with a prolonged period [...]

There have been a lot of posts (and political lobbying) within the past few years by a dying Media 1.0 establishment and a gullible public to discourage the creation and reading of blogs, this time by encouraging Twitter and Facebook as replacements for blogs. Examples: 1 2 3 4 Rather than go on a standard [...]

terrible. why? it doesn’t make sense! it shouldn’t make sense, something’s seriously wrong with this picture. what’s going on here? ;( it surely can’t be this way forever! scientifically! it’s impossible! and if it is, the world will never be the same…

Why did it have to change into this? Everyone hates when you’re forced to change plans, but drastic shifts in society which work against you, which you try and fight for the next 5 or so years, watching yourself fail over and over again and praying for something to change. They say they are happier, [...]

    Nerd Test 2.0:       You Are Brutally Honest Hey, the truth hurts, but that’s not exactly your fault. You call things as you see them and pull no punches. You believe that you shouldn’t be punished for speaking your mind. It’s a lot better than being a liar. In fact, you [...]

Life Magazine has a photo gallery of "30 Dumb Inventions from the Mid-1900s" (wow) Some, like the Baby Cage and the Dog Restrainer, were just tasteless. Others, like the Goodyear Illuminated Tires and the Flying Platform, I thought were pretty cool. The Finnish Portable Sauna looks like a predecessor to the modern Snuggie. A predecessor [...]

All of a sudden I turn my head and left side of my ham radio transceiver’s LCD display has just gone dim! The frequency and mode are still visible, and everything else seems to work fine (though I haven’t tested transmit since my semi-homemade Morse key broke last week). But the radio being from the [...]

I had stupidly forgotten to copy and paste my HelloFromEarth.net alien broadcast message and so I had to wait until approval to search for it and put it on my blog. Well here it is: I hope this will be a fine addition to your collection of Earth transmissions. If you aren’t collecting, do-we’ve got [...]

You acknowledge that your Hello from Earth Message may be read on our website by people from planet Earth, but may also be intercepted in space or be received by the target planet to which it is beamed, Gliese 581d, or other planets in the Gliese 581 star system. If you want to send a [...]