Victorian 'ghost' picked up by Google Street View - Telegraph

Victorian 'ghost' picked up by Google Street View - Telegraph

Who are the experts that have been called in? Who called them in?

Science doesn't make good comedy? You must be joking . . . - Telegraph

Science doesn't make good comedy? You must be joking . . . - Telegraph

Drop box and TrueCrypt

I've been using Dropbox for a few months now. For those of you that don't know, its a cross-platform multi-PC sync tool. Essentially, there is a folder on your PC and its contents are constantly in sync with Dropbox's server database. The result is when I use multiple PCs, such as at work and home, the content of the dropbox folder is always in sync. You get 2GB of storage for free and I've got to say it works perfectly.

My only problem when I use it with TrueCrypt. This creates an encrypted filesystem within my dropbox folder. Its all very nice but TrueCrypt locks the file. The result is if I forget to unmount the encrypted filesystem before I close my PC, dropbox can't sync it in time. Nothing is lost, since dropbox will store the data as a conflicted file, but it won't be synced with other computers until I restart that PC.

The Great Beyond: Songs about Science XIV – Nano vs Fire

I think the nano-song wins

The Great Beyond: Songs about Science XIV – Nano vs Fire

IEEE Spectrum: Physicists Invent a Chip That Stores a Photon's Quantum State

IEEE Spectrum: Physicists Invent a Chip That Stores a Photon's Quantum State

2009 AAAS/Science Dance Contest

2009 AAAS/Science Dance Contest

Dance your PhD. Of course, why didn't I ever think to ask in a viva, "Please phrase your answer in the form of dance. I will also except mime and poetry with an iambic pentameter."

This allergies hysteria is just nuts -- Christakis 337: a2880 -- BMJ

This allergies hysteria is just nuts -- Christakis 337: a2880 -- BMJ

It's strange we see 'Warning: may contain nuts' on so many food items these days it makes the whole thing pointless. If you were allergic to nuts I bet you have to ignore the warning or starve to death. It seems the whole thing is more hype whipped up by the media. It's strange that I never see a seafood warning on my fish and chips, or if I buy someone flowers "Warning: may attract bees."