http://blog.dp.org a history of fleeting interests Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:29:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Novemeber we ripped up our carpet in two rooms and put down hardwood. Finally got around to putting the video up. http://blog.dp.org/?p=171 This Ted Talk by David Cameron reminded me of a crazy idea I submitted to Google 10 to the 100 a while back. Here was my submission. What one sentence best describes your idea? Let's actually apply 21st century technology to democracy by continually polling the voting public ... http://blog.dp.org/?p=105 I'm not usually hungry in the mornings, so when I found myself craving breakfast in the shower one morning, several things occurred to me:  1) most types of food you can eat in the shower are good for you, 2) ergo, eating in the shower is good way to stay healthy ... http://blog.dp.org/?p=81 A couple months ago I stumbled across Fab@Home and knew right away I needed to build one of those machines - basically a 3D printer that lays down layers of silicone to build an object. Well, plans change, and I ended up building a CNC router instead, but it was close enough ... http://blog.dp.org/?p=12 If you still spend your Friday nights staring at an untuned TV in hopes of spotting a signal from an alien world, you haven't yet discovered the Stardust@Home project.  For the past year and a half volunteers have been sifting through microscopic pictures of tiny portions of aerogel plates retrieved from the Stardust spacecraft ... http://blog.dp.org/?p=14