AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – SEPTEMBER 28: The new iPhone 5 is launched on September 27, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. Telecom, with help of rugby great Jonah Lomu, launched the much-anticipated Apple iPhone 5 last night in Auckland. Jonah was joined by Opshop frontman and New Zealand’s Got Talent judge, Jason Kerrison in Wellington via […]
My things are smarter than me
I think I saw it coming. I’ve got a smart phone, a smart card and a really smart hybrid car. My ‘things’ can do things I never dreamed of. My stuff is smarter than me! I’ve crossed the technical Rubicon and there’s no return! Of course I never opened the book that came with any […]
Space Shuttle Endeavour’s last journey
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 12: People gather as the space shuttle Endeavour is transported to the California Science Center in Exposition Park from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on October 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Endeavour was flown cross-country atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to LAX on […]
A diamond planet discovered…..WE’RE RICH!!!!
There’s a newly discovered planet about 40 light years away and twice the size of Earth but having 8 times the earth’s mass. More about the importance of its mass later. To most Americans, a ‘light’ year is not as long (Or wide) as a ‘heavy’ year which, in our minds, could make the new […]