09 January 2010

Key technology for gogs: Transparent LCD screen

Samsung shows off transparent laptop screen.

We have already seen some of the most interesting transparent gadgets in the past, but the latest laptop concept by Samsung, showcased at the CES 2010, will definitely take you by surprise with its immaculate transparency. Featuring 14-inch OLED display, which when turned off becomes up to 40 percent transparent, the laptop concept is claimed to be the world’s first and largest transparent OLED laptop. This is the only info available at the moment, though you may go through the video for a closer look after the jump.
In the future that I write about, most everybody wears some form of glasses, or gogs, with data displayed on transparent lenses.  Was thinking however they are doing this is about right, if brought down to glasses size.

Edit/correction:  Did not realize blogger buddy Suki got this from a Slashdot post she responded to in the firehose.  Another article here.

H/t: Dyne09


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Michigan to get $224 million in clean energy credits

Michigan to get $224 million in clean energy credits


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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama unveiled Friday $2.3 billion in tax credits for manufacturing clean energy goods, including $224 million for Michigan factories to boost solar cell and wind turbine production.


The credits were part of the $787-billion economic stimulus package the Obama administration shepherded through Congress last year and were aimed at production of parts for wind turbines, solar panels and other energy-saving technology.
The credits are good for 30% of the investment; the White House said the credits would be matched by more than $5 billion in private spending.
Obama said the credits "will help close the clean energy gap that has grown between America and other nations while creating good jobs, reducing our carbon emissions and increasing our energy security."
In Michigan, the largest tax credit was won by Hemlock Semiconductor, which was granted a $141.9-million tax break to expand its solar panel plant in Hemlock.
Eight other firms won credits ranging from $300,000 to $27.3 million.


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Gumby creator and Los Osos resident Art Clokey dies

Gumby creator and Los Osos resident Art Clokey dies


Art Clokey, whose iconic Gumby entertained generations of children, died at his home in Los Osos on Friday morning at the age of 89, according to caretaker Chrisanne Wollett.
Gumby — the slender, green clay character partly modeled after Clokey’s father — was a fixture on television through the decades, starting with an appearance on “The Howdy Doody Show” in 1956.
Through the years, the stop-motion film star made several comebacks, including a new series in the 1980s, after a “Saturday Night Live” television skit with actor Eddie Murphy made the character popular again.




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08 January 2010

Soul Medicine: Ecstasy (MDMA) as Therapy

h+ has an interesting story:
 Soul Medicine: Ecstasy (MDMA) as Therapy Written By: Oliver Hockenhull

It covers the history of how MDMA evolved, stayed under the legeslative radar for a while, then became illegal.

In the 2030s future I write about, it is legal again.  Forgot if it got much mention in Suki I, but an improved future variant is in Suki II.  In Suki III, a heavily controlled version is introduced, MMA-Prima.  I do try to bring out the point that making things legal does not end abuse or misuse, but when it is legal it is up to the person and what they do with it.

Sarah and Suki made some use of future drugs in their fan fiction too.

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Two More Arrests in New York Bomb Plot


Two arrested over 'New York bomb plot'



Two men have been arrested in the US over an alleged plot to bomb New York City last year, law enforcement officials say.
The men were held by the FBI early on Friday as part of an "ongoing investigation" into the alleged plot.
They are said to be associates of an Afghan-born Colorado man, Najibullah Zazi, who is accused of planning an attack on New York commuters.
Mr Zazi and two other men were charged in September. All deny the charges.

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George Galloway MP deported from Egypt, say activists

George Galloway MP deported from Egypt, say activists




The BBC's Cairo correspondent Yolande Knell said Mr Galloway had returned from Gaza, where the convoy arrived two days ago, and had been planning to head back to London.
But when he and his assistant returned to Egypt they learnt that seven other members of the convoy still in Gaza were due to be arrested on their return to Egypt.
Mr Galloway wanted to go back to accompany them out but it is understood the Egyptians would not allow him to return, bundled both men into a van and escorted them to the airport.
There has been much tension around the aid convoy after Egypt made it take a big detour, delaying its arrival. There were clashes with Egyptian police at a port close to the Rafah crossing, our correspondent said.
A spokeswoman for the convoy said police intervened when Mr Galloway and colleague Ron McKay arrived at the crossing.
"As soon as they emerged on to Egyptian soil, both men were forcibly pushed into a van, refused exit and told that they were leaving the country. They were then driven off in a police convoy."
She said Mr Galloway had been put on a plane bound for London.


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06 January 2010

Palestinians: Don't Bring Rocks to a Gunfight with EGYPTIANS!

Rocks might work fine with those nice guy and gal IDF folks, but not against the Egyptians.

Gunfire at Gaza Protest Near Egypt

JERUSALEM — An anti-Egypt rally in southern Gaza turned deadly on Wednesday when demonstrators rushed the border fence and stoned Egyptian troops on the other side, leading to an exchange of gunfire and the death of an Egyptian soldier. Nine Egyptian soldiers and a dozen Palestinians were wounded from stones and gunfire, witnesses and medics said.
What the hell could the problem be?  Egypt cut off a terrorism tunnel?  No Rachel Corrie Pancake Breakfast?  Oh, you keep wanting the terrorist organization Hamas in charge of you.  The PLO wasn't bad enough, you had to go all Nazi to prove your badass.  Fine.

Try behaving and nobody gets hurt.  Every day does not need to be an Arafat funeral.

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Japanese Boat vs. Anti Whaling Whiners





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Psychic: DC Expanding Smoking Ban

In the Suki Series, I had the idea that 20+ years in the future the DC smoking laws might be a little more strict.  The DC Council does not dissappoint.  Just caught this today.

The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact far-reaching proposals to curtail smoking by giving store owners a tool to prevent smoking on public sidewalks and by assessing new penalties on anyone younger than 18 who possesses tobacco products.

The bill, part of a coordinated campaign to reduce tobacco use in the District, also requires store owners to ask for identification from anyone buying cigarettes who looks 27 or younger, places new restrictions on cigarette-vending machines and outlaws the sale of "blunt wraps."
Store owners will be able to ban smoking within 25' of their doorways.  In the books, I have Suki getting a smoking and open flame ticket on the National Mall, because she was not in a designated smoking area, i.e., a smoking pit full of rude men and the women who enjoy them.

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Good Morning! International News Links and Pix

Good morning everybody!

Israel to deploy their lawyers with their soldiers in the future
Edit 8:10am: In Suki IV: Finally A Vacation (War With Iran), the son of John is a US Army JAG supporting an IDF Commando unit deep in Iran before the war starts and through the invasion.

Joan Rivers delayed in Costa Rica for a "suspicious" passport.

Amy Alkon has a story about good security measures.





This pic just because it's cool.



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05 January 2010

U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopens


U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopens



Reporting from Beirut - Washington reopened its diplomatic outpost in Yemen today after shuttering it for two days because of "credible information that pointed to imminent terrorist attacks," said a statement posted by the U.S. Embassy website in Sana, the capital.

The U.S., Japan and several European nations shut their embassies this week amid worries about rising Al Qaeda activity on the troubled Arabian Peninsula. Western intelligence and counterterrorism officials have put a spotlight on Yemen after the suspect in the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight asserted that he was handed his instructions by a cleric in Yemen.
U.S. officials said they reopened the embassy today because a Yemeni counterterrorism operation on Monday "addressed a specific area of concern."


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04 January 2010

Embassies and other stuff

US and UK Embassies in Yemen Closed for Second Day

Flights Grounded at Newark Airport

Five America Terrorists in Pakistan Deny they are Terrorists

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Steve Chapman @ Reason on Jabbering Athletes, from 2006


Sports Could Use the Sound of Silence

Kids' soccer games have grown so raucous that some leagues enforce a "silent Saturday," when parents are banned from cheering, yelling, booing, or swearing. It's a great idea that ought to be extended to professional sports—not to shut up fans, but to shut up players.
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03 January 2010

The other John T. on silly rallies

Rallies with Real Meaning

John Tiso coveres the 'pro-government' rally competition between Iran and North Korea.

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Terrorism headlines, updates, and other thingies


US shuts embassy as al-Qaeda 'plans attack in Yemen'



Reports: Cartoonist Attacker Targeted Clinton



Reports: Cartoonist attacker earlier held in Kenya



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Happy New Year! Did you get a Kindle?


Happy New Year World!

Did you get a Kindle?  If you did why don't you browse some of the books I helped John with :)

Didn't get a Kindle? Get the reader for your PC, iPhone or iPod Touch and browse with that! The Google Books preview links are at the bottom of this post too.


Suki I, the story of how Suki found John and they became an item.  This one is mainly about Suki, her mother and friends, who all help Suki land the man of her dreams.

Set in Arlington, Virginia in the early 2030's (May of a year not revealed) with the most interesting gadgets, communication and toys the near future might bring.  As John says, "No stupid flying cars in my books!  Just realistic cool toys."

Most recreational drugs are legal and smoking in bars is legal in VA too.  They are Libertarians living in a county that is slowly catching up to their political tastes.  Washington, DC is right across the river and even more of a mess than earlier in the century.

Their friends don't know anybody else who wants a marriage without a marriage license, nor anybody else seeking a truly monogamous relationship, other than Suki and John.

Oh, the fashions!  Electrochromic polymer dresses and boots, lovely silks, leather and shoes, shoes, shoes!  Boots too.  Amazing varieties of gourmet food are plentyful.  Lab grown Kobe beef, genetically modified tomatoes, almost anything you can think of today is available in their world.  Muscle cars and trucks for the guys to read about, plus the great sex life Suki and John have for everybody to enjoy.


Suki II: Sunshine Returns, Suki's troubled past comes back to haunt them both.  It begins where Suki I ended, in June of the same year, and ends in December, with a delay in John's birthday because of a crisis.  Suki thinks her past may destroy the relationship!  Bonus, Samantha meets John's son Tag!  Much more about Tag and Samantha is told and more of Suki's history is revealed.  Sunshine drugs and attacks Suki, but John saves her in a unique way.

Ever wonder what a shotgun lesbian wedding would be like in a future where marriage and divorce can be filed electronically?  A peek into that world is revealed in Suki II.  Autonomous cargo planes, greatly expanded communications networks, automated home cleaning, a beautiful limo and more exquisite leather fashions for private as well as public wear.

Government healthcare?  Not for them.  They have private-practice doctors and all of their records are on pulp, rather than on K-Net.


Suki III: Never Let Us End, an ex-girlfriend of John's, Nancy, creates terrible problems for the couple and John is hospitalized for a week.

It begins in December, during John's birthday party, and ends in January, picking up where Suki II ended.

Nancy forces Suki to hypnotize John and makes Suki do awful things under the influence of a powerful mediction.  Suki has to defend John from three attackers!  Suki, her mother, Jung, along with their doctors bring John back to health, in a private hospital.  Suki becomes closer friends with John's best friend, Jackie, and they prepare for their first vacation in years.

The 1960 Polara custom limo plays a starring role.  More of John's past is revealed.  More interesting gadgets too, for inside and outside the bedroom.  One of my favorite parts, Suki has a full length baby seal fur coat (lab grown clone fur).


Suki IV: Finally a Vacation (War With Iran), the couple finally gets a vacation and chooses a safe place, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.  It begins where Suki III ends, in January and continues through Valentine's Day.  Just when they think they can relax, the government needs them to help as consultants to defeat Iran in the surprise attack lead by Israel.  Tag is already in Iran as a liaison to the Israeli Defense Forces.

Suki buys her first shotgun and John teaches her how to shoot Trap and Skeet.

Ever wonder what you would do if you were locked in a Secure Compartmentalized Information Facility (SCIF), 12 hours per day, with the love of your life?  Take a peek in Suki IV.


Suki V: The Collection, is all four of the books listed above edited into one.  Slightly cheaper than getting all four separately too!  John does note where each of the origional books begins, but it is edited to flow like one novel, with redundant passages edited.

Suki V: The Collection is now available in paperback.  Holiday discount code for $10 off the paperback edition is  GHXYSXR5, only from CreateSpace.com.  Sorry, still $1 more than the Kindle edition.  This discount expires at the end of 2009.








Also on Kindle, Sarah wrote a fan fiction story off of the series: John and Suki: Vacation Fun.  The couple is kidnapped in Florida by a brutal pair who want to sell the knowledge John and Suki have to the Iranians, Russians and Venezuelans.  The couple's minds are not the only thing they are interested in.  John and Suki are both trained to obey without question or hesitation.  Suki is trained to kill with a unique weapon!


Li'l ol' me wrote a story following on Sarah's story, Suki: Settling the Score.  After being rescued, John and Suki are finally released from their month-long US government debriefing, but they still have problems.  Severe behavior problems, continuing to act as they were trained by Mike and Honey, their kidnappers in Sarah's story.  They need help, but Suki is slow to agree to it until John exercises his full dominance over her, after they have both done things that would normally end their relationship.

The baby seal fur coat reappears in a totally different setting than one would expect.  Plus some interesting disguise techniques, like contacts with view screens and data, natural skin feel masks, body makeup and instantaneous hair changing products.

Also, John and Suki finally agree to get pets, a black kitten and a grey kitten, one for each home: Dark Helmet and Smoke.


Happy New Year!

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