tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76141582159325684662011-11-27T15:31:24.358-08:00The Spook In The Machinenoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614158215932568466.post-37379295487306618492008-05-21T11:32:00.001-07:002008-05-21T11:32:22.629-07:00my new address is:<br />http://www.althespook.com/ravings/<br />please drop by! And did I mention you can finally comment? Really!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7614158215932568466-3737929548730661849?l=ittybittyteeneyweenie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Spook In The Machinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614158215932568466.post-60747171406432896682007-09-21T16:07:00.000-07:002007-09-21T16:08:18.891-07:00After some discussion it appears that the Kelgarries Blogswarm won't be able to support comments at this time due to sheer volume of material we need to work with to achieve our goals. Once we migrate to our own servers (scheduled for early 2009) we'll be able to support a full comments implementation.<br /><br />Thanks for your interest, and enjoy the blog!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7614158215932568466-6074717140643289668?l=ittybittyteeneyweenie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Spook In The Machinenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614158215932568466.post-60858495630207081922007-09-19T23:13:00.000-07:002007-09-21T16:07:39.824-07:00It has come to our attention that many readers of Transcendences would like to have the ability to know when new posts are available automatically. Fortunately, the internet and IE7 provide this feature very nicely.<br /><br />Rather than duplicate postings and eat up space here at Blogspot, we have posted a very simple but quite effective <a href="http://usingvoltaicdifferenceengines.blogspot.com/2007/09/tutorial-on-using-internet-explorer-7.html">Tutorial </a>on the matter at our sister blog, <a href="http://usingvoltaicdifferenceengines.blogspot.com/">Tutorials On Using Voltaic Difference Engines</a>. Enjoy!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7614158215932568466-6085849563020708192?l=ittybittyteeneyweenie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Spook In The Machinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614158215932568466.post-32701245643108887092007-09-12T21:21:00.001-07:002008-12-08T19:45:54.598-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvDSqN7KCo/Rut5pq5ko7I/AAAAAAAAAHc/nq7e3bSACs8/s1600-h/c60_with_galaxy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvDSqN7KCo/Rut5pq5ko7I/AAAAAAAAAHc/nq7e3bSACs8/s400/c60_with_galaxy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110311958979322802" border="0" /></a>It is truly frightening how early we imprint on some things. This song (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsy_Bitsy_Teenie_Weenie_Yellow_Polka_Dot_Bikini"><span style="font-style: italic;">Itsy Bitsy Teenie</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsy_Bitsy_Teenie_Weenie_Yellow_Polka_Dot_Bikini"><span style="font-style: italic;"> Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini</span></a>) was released in the early 1960's, when I was in my late teens. I doubt if right now I could remember another hit tune of that era (until the Carpenters' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_%26_Then">Now and Then</a> brings them back, of course!), but this one stuck to my mind like nanotech glue.<br /><br />And that brings us around <a href="http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/deadman.asp">Deadman's Curve</a> to the subject of this blog, namely the wild and wacky world of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology">nanotechnology</a>. Make no mistake, what you can't see can both help you and hurt you. Some people believe the<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvDSqN7KCo/Rut6iK5ko8I/AAAAAAAAAHk/u8_kmzqv71o/s1600-h/SciAmNanoMed1.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MvvDSqN7KCo/Rut6iK5ko8I/AAAAAAAAAHk/u8_kmzqv71o/s400/SciAmNanoMed1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110312929641931714" border="0" /></a> unconfirmed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons">Morgellon's Syndrome</a> is the result of nanotechnology gone horribly wrong, for example. Yet at the same time we are rapidly approaching the ability to insert <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/04/heart-muscle-tissue-powers-new-body-roaming-robots/">nano-scale bio-mechanical robots</a> into our bloodstream to do all sorts of jobs current medical technology cannot.<br /><br />So look really really close, gentle readers, and you'll fall with me through the looking glass into the itsy bitsy teeny weeny rabbit hole of the future... (Images courtesy of <span style="font-style: italic;">FNF </span>and <a href="http://www.foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Gallery/Species/HistorGeneral.html">Foresight Nanotech Institute</a>.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7614158215932568466-3270124564310888709?l=ittybittyteeneyweenie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Spook In The Machinenoreply@blogger.com