Urban Honking

The business, community, and star making machine that is YouTube is discussed with our guest, Mitchell Davis, who is one of YouTube’s most watched personalities. YouTube is the 2nd biggest website in all of the world and serves up a staggering amount of videos. It’s not just all music videos and cute cat virals, there […]

As you have undoubtedly heard from sources more overtly journalistic than this one, SETI is back online!

After federal and state financial cutbacks forced the institute’s shiny new Allen Telescope Array (ATA) into indefinite hibernation earlier this…

As you have undoubtedly heard from sources more overtly journalistic than this one, SETI is back online!

After federal and state financial cutbacks forced the institute’s shiny new Allen Telescope Array (ATA) into indefinite hibernation earlier this…

As you have undoubtedly heard from sources more overtly journalistic than this one, SETI is back online! After federal and state financial cutbacks forced the institute’s shiny new Allen Telescope Array (ATA) into indefinite hibernation earlier this year, cosmically-minded geeks all over the globe donated money in droves, bringing the search for extraterrestrial life back…

As part of my Social Media Strategy I have been much more accepting of “Friends” on Facebook. One of the more annoying features of Facebook is that they limit the amount of Friend Requests an person can have. Not the number of friends, but the number of Friend Requests. The annoying thing about this limitation […]

Wind, it’s generally accepted, is an important part of our energy future. Here in Oregon we have fields of 60-foot white wind turbines that provide clean green power for much of the state. But there are some downsides. They kill birds, they make a lot of noise, and quite frankly they’re ugly. If there were […]

In the mid-1970s, the U.S. State Department prohibited the internal use of the term “space colony,” due to the global bad reputation of colonialism. Instead, the government opted for “space settlement.” Of course, as Stewart Brand pointed out at the …

In the mid-1970s, the U.S. State Department prohibited the internal use of the term “space colony,” due to the global bad reputation of colonialism. Instead, the government opted for “space settlement.” Of course, as Stewart Brand pointed out at the …

In the mid-1970s, the U.S. State Department prohibited the internal use of the term “space colony,” due to the global bad reputation of colonialism. Instead, the government opted for “space settlement.” Of course, as Stewart Brand pointed out at the time, the last thing you do in space is settle. Quite the opposite! Making the…

Mushrooms and their mycelium are quiet allies that are essential for our healthy existence. They are enigmatic, have a sense of humor, and socially as well as spiritually, bond together all that admire them. They have much to teach us.

-Paul Stamets…