Please excuse me if I am a bit giddy for the next few posts. It just that, yesterday, all of the pieces for my new computer arrived and they are now in one piece sitting under my desk; in fact, I’m writing this post on it (you can see the boxes of parts to the [...]
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PaulTech in Space: The Final Frontier
July 4th, 2007 
admin To be honest, it’s always been a kid dream of mine to be on the space shuttle or even the first interstellar ship; not one that lands on the planet, but one that’s stuck up there, mind you. It would give me the biggest rush, looking down at Earth or some other planet, knowing this [...]
PaulTech in Space: Super Alloys and A Better Stainless Steel
June 28th, 2007 admin Today’s PaulTech in Space does not really have anything to do with NASA, although if reports I’m reading are true, the tech I’m writing about right now may just as well be strapped to the next space vessels. I’m showcasing two separate pieces of tech; one involving super alloys, and the other involving…aha! You guessed [...]
PaulTech In Space: The James Webb Telescope
June 25th, 2007 admin Earlier this week I started you off on our “PTiS” segment by relaying the news of the Atlantis’ journey and return to Earth. While the Atlantis is part of a stalwart bunch of NASA technologies, today I bring you word of the next generation of space-borne tech that will take us into the 21st Century [...]
PaulTech In Space: Atlantis Returns
June 23rd, 2007 admin With the Space Shuttle Atlantis reaching Earth successfully, I’ve decided to bring you faithful readers all kinds of mostly useless, but nonetheless, cool tidbits of information about NASA, space, and even the retirement of the shuttle orbiters. To start off our news binge, we turn to the Space Shuttle Atlantis. As some of you know, [...]
Safari Gets Tested
June 13th, 2007 admin Earlier this week, Steve Jobs announced that Safari was coming to Windows at the WWDC. This was great news for “Developers” everywhere, as now they can view how their pages will look on all four of the major browsers: Firefox, Opera, IE, and now Safari. However, it was a nightmare for security personnel. A mere [...]
China Starts “Three Gorges” Generator
June 11th, 2007 admin Earlier this morning, the People’s Republic of China reached a milestone in the development and construction of it’s ‘Three Gorges’ dam. This superstructure activated the fifteenth of its twenty-six massive generators and is now producing energy for China’s needs, as previously, only power generators on the left side of the dam were operational (those [...]
The Apple of Investor’s Eyes
April 26th, 2007 admin Some of you will remember that I posted earlier that 2007 was going to be Apple’s year. I listed some of the reasons for my prediction. I ommitted the iPhone partly because I didn’t think it would be a reality. I mean, how many times can we predict that it would happen and then be [...]
Dell Kicks Other Vendors in the Pants
April 25th, 2007 admin I regularly advise folks on new PC purchases. In today’s market, computers have become very modular. The edge then comes to the vendor who can provide great support and service. Dell, as a company, has always done well. Sometimes I have been irked by their computer design and lines. But they know how to run [...]
Daniel Tammet Amazing Autistic Savant
An autistic savant may be defined this way: “A person with autism who is exceptionally gifted in a specialized field. That field may, for example, be mathematics. The autistic savant may be able to do rapid, complex mental calculations. Or the field may be music. The autistic savant may be able to perform a entire [...]