The Dead Hand Journal

They want to protect space from radioactive contamination...

Recently, the spacecraft Cassini did a fly-by of Iapetus a few thousand kilometers from the surface. What it saw supplies tantalizing evidence that we might be the children of star children.

An object-oriented method for generating enumerated types in JavaScript, with support for object-based namespaces.

This is simply beyond cool – especially the interactive video at 8 of 11.

Just because it's true, doesn't mean it's right...

So...what's wrong with a brisk walk?

Sometimes, Big Brother just holds your hand as you cross the street.

From time to time in science and engineering somebody develops an idea that seems to have legs, but with time the legs go away, and all that remains is the interesting idea.

Remember Frank Herbert's Ornithopter? How about a hybrid...

So why, exactly, is the U.S. standard railroad gauge 4 ft 8 ½ in – and what does this have to do with the space shuttle?

Are we the children of star-children?

And it's so easy even the President can do it! Read this snippet from the Detroit News.