Archive for February, 2006

Oil Production Has Peaked…

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

…which is only supposed to happen when half of the world’s oil resources have been tapped. That spells trouble with a capital t. Check it out:
http://www.princeton.edu/hubbert/current-events.html
From the article: “By 2025, we’re going to be back in the Stone Age.”
Just like the FedEx Superbowl commercial.

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs)

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

Below are links to the REUs I am still applying for this year. (I also applied to Texas A&M and U of MN Cog Sci.) I’m not sure if I’ll end up at one of them, or working with the Budapest Computational Neuroscience Group in Hungary, or working at Carleton (3rd summer!) doing research on […]

Google’s (and Our) Future

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

CNN Money ran an article a while ago on four possible paths Google may take. Personally, I like the last one, inspired by Ray Kurzweil, where Google becomes God. They both begin with “Go”…coincidence?