UC Berkeley researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have produced what may be the first image of a planet outside our solar system. The amazing picture shows a several Jupiter mass planet against a debris field around the star Formalhaut. [...]

For the record, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 and Office 2007 Enterprise have to be the worst release combination in the history of that company except for perhaps Windows Millennium Edition. If it weren’t for the fact that my Tablet PC was dictatorially shackled to Microsoft, I would abandon that cursed company in favor of Linux. Heck, if I could afford it, I would buy a new MacBook Pro right now…

Private, commercial exploitation of space just got closer with the successful fourth attempt by the company SpaceX to get its Falcon 1 launch vehicle into orbital space. This success represents a milestone because it is the first venture that did not involve government-industrial complex members to make happen. [...]

As I mentioned, one of the interesting advanced technologies currently under development by the military is a rocket powered glider capable of being dropped from an aircraft and the gliding at high speed for perhaps hundreds of miles to allow special forces troops to arrive at targets quickly and almost undetected. A prototype of that idea flew across the English Channel today. Jules Crittenden has some great pictures. [...]

My favorite daily email, Very Short List, sends this link to one of the coolest political map sites I have ever seen. If you want to spend some time trying to figure out how people will vote in the upcoming election, this website is definitely a resource for your quest. I find the most interesting thing about the site is the obvious changes in demographics that have occurred with American voters since the 1840s. [...]