confused of calcutta

In a conversation with Chris Locke, the subject of Google Sky came up. And so off I went. [Strange, the things one does when waiting for backups to complete].
When I got to Google Sky, the first thing I looked for was Arcturus. [Why? Because the story implied in its etymological origins intrigued me as a [...]

[Read more →]

I was doing some work on the Mac, with a lazy eye on the tweetstream, when I saw a reference to this:

It looks real. It feels real. Weird, unexpected, but real nevertheless.
I wonder how they figure out whom to “follow”. Shades of Big Brother is Following You.
We live in interesting times.
Incidentally, my thanks to Gaspar [...]

[Read more →]