That picture.

Since there has been all this controversy over the image of Muhammed recently posted in a Danish paper, I thought I would google for it. So, here's the terrible image:
( LJ Cut to protect the innocent. )

Yup. That's it. Big deal.

Define Unreason.

I have this persistent feeling that I dragged myself out of bed at an unreasonably early hour. The clock says it was noon, but what does it know?

Someone tell my body its February.

I opened the door this morning to get the paper and my body felt the air and said "Wheee! Its spring! The snow is melting, the crocuses should be here now!"

Stupid body. Someone tell it that its only the BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. I think the next snowfall and big freeze will do serious damage to its concept of seasons.

Cute.

We now pause for a cuteness break.

( Awwwwwww )

Exponentialism

Way back in the depths of internet time, I posted a chart on my blog. It talked about the rate of change of technological progress. Most of the information was taken from Kurzweil's website (there's a pointer in the previous post so I won't bother here). I've just been listening to a podcast of the man speaking about the rate of change of technology. He mentions that at todays (circa 2006) rate of technological progress, we are advancing as far, technologically, as we did between 1900 and 2000 every 20 years. Because today's rate isn't constant, we'll finish another 'standard century of progress' in the next 14 years. The 'century' after that will only take 7 years.

If he's right, that chart was way too conservative. I'm planning to pick up his book The Singularity is Near, as soon as I can manage to afford it (or it shows up at a nearby library), and see what his more detailed estimates say.