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The physics of beer bubbles

Yesterday, I told you about virtual beer. Today, let's follow two North America researchers who are studying the physics of real beer bubbles. 'Singly scattered waves form the basis of many imaging techniques such as radar or seismic exploration.' But pouring beer in a mug involves multiply scattered acoustic waves....

Tags: Technique, Food, Imaging, Beer, Wave, Particle, Beer Bubble, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-05

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When Google disowns you

When Google disowns youThis is a real danger in general with the "Cloud"PaaS, SaaS,Cloud, or call it what you want, this is only one of the major problems that can creep up when you pass your data and applications on to a third party service provider. You put your business...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Storage Encryption, Long-Term Data Usability, NameSecure, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Bulls in the corn field, beware! Ethanol from corn? Mooooo.

Those are market bulls of the two-legged sort similar to the ones currently jacking up crude oil futures. The next great investment bubble may focus on the fields of Iowa. Today's Department of Agriculture numbers on the American corn crop (the world's largest) are not encouraging for corn...

Tags: Biofuel, Corn, Corn Production, Current Estimate, Khosla, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-10

Ready for a virtual beer?

If you're attending SIGGRAPH 2007 next week in San Diego, don't miss a demonstration done by Australian and South Korean researchers. They will pour virtual beer during the conference. They say that 'the physics of bubble creation in carbonated drinks like beer is complex,' but add that their fluid special...

Tags: Fluid, Beer, Bubble, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-04

Silicon Valley gets a bad case of startup-itis; the doctor is in

Before commenting on Michael Arrington's yearning for a simpler Silicon Valley life, I'd like to disclose the following: I don't live in Silicon Valley; I always thought you West coasters were a bit off--now I know why self loathing; A CEO has never cried to me; And everyone whining about a little success...

Tags: General, Innovation, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-22

Tech Parties: balloons popping, or bubbles bursting

I did not have the pleasure of attending Michael Arrington's TechCrunch open house extravaganza Friday, but I hear Mike is planning a NYC party.Shout-out to Mike: I am looking forward to it!Attendee coverage of Mike's party has the air of a post-mortem, rather than a continued celebration.Why so many party...

Tags: NYC

Blog posts 2006-08-20

The sad tales of Web 1.0 veterans

"I lived through Web 1.0 and survived." I've heard variations on this phrase for a long time and used it myself a few times, especially when talking to investors for some reason. It has been a long time since the bubble burst, longer than it lasted in fact. Yet people...

Tags: Web, Web 1.0, World War

Blog posts 2006-06-21

Welcome to the Enterprise Web 2.0

Welcome to the Enterprise Web 2.0Buzzword FatigueSeriously, am I the only one who is suffering from serious buzzword fatigue? IT vendors and managers need to start speaking in plain english about real ROI - for example it would be great to see more about how Web 3.0 and "Mashups...

Tags: Channel management, Web, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, ZDNet Bloggers

Discussion threads 2006-02-09

Microsoft eyes ads as consumers close wallets

Microsoft eyes ads as consumers close walletsDisplay Ads?Very funny, the good ole boys up in Redmond just don't get it. Display and video ads just piss people off....no thanks I will stick with OSS software and google, no ads, no cost and better applications.Software companies have addedno new productivity features...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Corp., adware, OEM, MS Adware, advertisement, software, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows, PC

Discussion threads 2005-11-16

Politicians want to raise broadcast flag

Politicians want to raise broadcast flagOk you bigger government folksHow do you feel about the possibility of the FCC controlling "virtually any technology, from set-top boxes to computer software?" You think innovation has gone away, just wait till the bureaucruds start controlling tech.Now wait a minute...At the top of the...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer electronics, DVD, TV, Dan Glickman

Discussion threads 2005-09-30