http://www.wetmachine.com The Blog of author John Sundman and Friends en-us Nucleus CMS v3.50 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.wetmachine.comnucleus/wetmachine_icon.jpg http://www.wetmachine.com http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1947 Grasshopper, Grasshopper, buzz off why don't ya? That special time of year, when St. Urhu's day elides into the name-day of St. Padraic, is again upon us. Longtime readers know that here at Wetmachine we have a special place in our hearts for t... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1947 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:05:27 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1945 Self-publishing novelist R.W. Ridley has some interesting comments. In order to sell a million copies of my novel, he says, I have to change the culture such that *I* am so fracking interesting that people will buy my books because they're by me. ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1945 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:36:14 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1943 According to this article in Nano Letters, scientists at the University of Michigan have built a memristor — a chip that conserves memory, as neurons do: A memristor is a two-terminal electronic device whose conductance can be precisely mo... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1943 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:59:47 -0400 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1940 People have been having great pun as this has floated around the 'net for a while, along with charges of Photoshopping, authentication via reviews of business directories, and charges of racism. Now within a day or so of the release of Gooogle... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1940 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:48:59 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1938 Six weeks ago or so I wrote a post about an unredeemed, and somewhat magical, pawn ticket that I've kept in my wallet for the past sixteen years. You've seen those TV advertisements for the “credit card” mafia front called Capital One. “What's in... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1938 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:02:28 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1936 I must thank Lauren Weinstien for the utterly marvelous creation below. I urge all right thinking Americans to spread this news far and wide. http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1936 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:58:15 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1934 Well, Democrats, what say you? http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1934 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:53:52 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1925 As reported by Christopher Mitchel from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Qwest has scored quite the little victory in its efforts to keep itself the world safe from real competition socialism. A state Senator and a state Rep introduced a bil... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1925 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:53:28 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1923 Last week, I predicted the FCC would opt to auction the AWs-2/AWS-3 spectrum rather than adopt the M2Z proposal. Yesterday, the FCC issued it's teaser for recommendations to improve broadband adoption. One of these was “[c]onsider use of spe... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1923 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:01:44 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1871 Time for another little instructional video, aka “5 Minutes With Harold Feld.” Here, I talk about the US Trade Representative's “Special 301” Process. This is where the US Trade Representative (USTR) makes a “naughty ... http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1871 Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:58:23 -0500