Geekcake and Forest Ravagers
Over on Wired, in the midst of an article on a geek-heavy impending TV season, McG and Hollywood have acknowledged the coolness and cache and status of being geek.Now who doesn't want to be like Bill Gates?"
Me... and a lot of other women in the world, geeky or otherwise. Some of us would, however, enjoy looking at his younger self. So, as promised on the show here, for either your delectation or amusement, is a little Geekcake for the ladies.
I take no responsibility for these photos showing a much younger Bill Gates, with a come-hither knowing look in his eye, variously draped suggestively over a monitor, an office desk, flinging discs at would-be voyeurs, and with a slight smirk holding the "Once and Future Disc to Rule them All". *ahem* No, I did not take these - though, boy! would I have loved to be the proverbial fly on the wall when they were taken! They are from a magazine photospread from the 1980's. Contrary to a persistent rumour they are not from Teen Beat. ;)
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For our show listeners much less cool than the Fab Four, here are some links to currently world-shaking beetles.
The ASIAN LONGHORN BEETLE.
Some good links over at the LEFT COAST LEANER on the MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE.
CBC has MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE THREATENS ALBERTA'S FORESTS.
BUT IS ALBERTA OVERREACTING TO THE PINE BEETLE THREAT? At least one environmental scientist thinks so.
The Canadian Forest Service has info on the government's Mountain Pine Beetle Project.
And the NRC conference on Science, Technology & the Economy.
