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Will happen on December 21, 2012 according to they Mayans.  And according to this blah article in The Telegraph, people in The Netherlands are already preparing for it.  And by preparing, they say that a family bought a life raft.  HOLY CRAP!

CFP: 2009 World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering(CSIE 2009)March 31 - April 2, 2009Los Angeles/Anaheim, USAhttp://world-research-institutes.org/conferences/CSIE/2009CALL FOR PAPERS & EXPOThe Los Angeles/Anaheim area is known for its many renowned attractions, such as Disneyland, Universal Studios and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Jatis is one of the leading IT company in Indonesia. Jatis was founded in 1997, in Indonesia, with a vision to be a leading Asian IT companies that provide IT solutions that deliver real business result to its clients.

IgniteNYC: Reprogramming Techie Nightlife Allen Salkin has written in The New York Times about a new form of social networking for technology and new media people. IgniteNYC is one of those networking sites, part of the new techie party scene.

Jess and I got semi-interviewed today on a Podcast, and you can check it out/listen below: Jason & Jessica on the “Featuring Who?” Podcast Some of the things that we discussed: How Jess and I found Neowin (a forum we belong to) and how we became staff. Our computer setups.

With the way things are going, children who are born today will probably grow up associating “green” with the environmental movement more so than with the Crayola colour required for frogs and trees. Gone are the days when ‘The environment’ was a single chapter covered in a science textbook.

This video, the last lecture of Dr. Randy Pausch, is a celebration of life and integrity, and I dedicate it to the memory of my father, professor Nicolas Hontzeas, and to all those who follow their dreams. Enjoy your summer and see you all in September.

Casey Luskin insists the Discovery Institute is a secular think tank. And he says it with a straight face. What is it about the spreading of pseudo-science that makes reasonable people cringe and gag? One characteristic is surely the introduction of religious / political thinking into discussions of fact.

And I thought I wrote a mean screed…Peter Dillinger wrote in to take issue with the interview that the BBC’s Chris Vallance did with Sir Clive Sinclair in WTP 201. Peter’s message should not be relegated to the Comments section of the blog post for 201, so here it goes, in full: This is a little late, but I thought the interview with Clive Sinclair was a small notch above utter crap.

Do you do calculus during your leisure time? Or do you spend the whole day inside a lab mixing substances, anticipating a Eureka moment? Do people often make fun of your scrawny posture and outdated wardrobe, and call you either a nerd or geek ? Well, being called a geek or a nerd isn’t that bad nowadays.