Entries from October 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Utilitarian Love Poem
You are aesthetically pleasing, the reason for which I first noticed you. And later I found your personality equally pleasing. I also noted your waist to hip ratio is suitable for birthing. Therefore, I think you should live in my house. -alishahnovin
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Transplanted cornea in use for record 123 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081023/lf_nm_life/us_norway_eye Transplanted cornea in use for record 123 years OSLO (Reuters Life!) – Bernt Aune’s transplanted cornea has been in use for a record 123 years — since before the Eiffel Tower was built. “This is the oldest eye in Norway — I don’t know if it’s the oldest in the world,” Aune, an 80-year-old [...]
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Barack the vote
Damnit, the precogs are onto me. Via Marginal Revolution.
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Schwarzenegger Rejects LNG Terminal Off Southern California Coast
[Old news, but relevant to seasteading, as seasteads could be subject to similar outcry.] Schwarzenegger Rejects LNG Terminal Off Southern California Coast (Cabrillo Port)
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Why Was the Male to Female Ratio at the Seasteading Conference 10:1?
That’s the question commonreader asks in a recent lj post. It’s an interesting question, but not one I’m going to address yet. Instead, I’ll answer some of the other objections to seasteading that came up in the comments. Unless you are ready to subsist on the mercurial nature of eating the opportunal fish for the [...]
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Thanks to the seasteading volunteers
Many volunteers helped with the seasteading conference. My thanks to everyone who helped, especially the following people: Justin Owings for designing the t-shirts and signs. Helen Lein for designing flyers. ( Helen works with a group of women who help women with breast cancer. She teaches yoga, Tai Chi, and meditation, and she provides FREE [...]
