Taroko Gorges

To celebrate my birthday, Queen D organized a long week-end (3 days) in Taroko Gorges (East side of Taiwan). Really amazing! Later this week, I will post details and pictures. For now, Let’s go back to work!                                        Technorati Tags: Relax, Taroko, Taiwanese, fvarga

The T. Rex: A Big Chicken? The T. Rex Is the Ancestor of Modern Birds

 The first analysis of protein extracted from dinosaur bones confirms that birds today are closest descendants of the dreaded Tyrannosaur or Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex), according to a study published in the journal Science published Friday. “These results confirm the predictions made from observations and anatomical skeletons represent the first molecular evidence of the link [...]

Living Fossil in Taiwan

Some 350,000 baby Asian horseshoe crabs bred in captivity were released into the ocean near Kinmen yesterday in an effort to conserve the species. The release was conducted under the supervision of officials from the Kinmen Aquaculture Research Institute (KARI), which bred the crabs. KARI researchers said the horseshoe crab is nearly extinct in waters [...]

April 25 2008

Today is my day. I can’t believe it… I don’t even dare to talk about it… Technorati Tags: fvarga

Heaven’s Ugliest

Three men were waiting at Heaven’s Gate. St. Peter says, “Okay, guys, pretty much anything goes up here, but whatever you do, never lie, or you will spend the rest of eternity with the ugliest women in the universe.” So they all agree and are admitted in. The first guy makes it a week before [...]

A Good Website

For my students… and I believe for more people including me. On a regular basis, I visit a unknown professor, a very interesting one! He posted 2 days ago about a Website which I believe, is quite interesting and helpful. It’s a slow beginning, but I believe the pace will be up very soon. If [...]

Tom Toles and the Climate

Technorati Tags: Humor, fvarga

Earth and Universe: Guess What It is

  Alien? Magic? Supernatural?      No. It’s a haloes. Like rainbows, haloes are formed around the Sun due to moisture (in this case ice crystals) being refracted from the Sun’s rays in the upper atmosphere. Sometimes two or more areas of the circle or arcs surrounding the Sun will be brighter, forming what are called [...]

New Ultra Portable Notebook: HP UMPC 2133

In a previous post, I wrote about the EEPC and mentioned about new big players who are eager to enter this new profitable market: cheap and very small notebook. About 10 days ago, HP published a press release: “To help schools offer affordable computing to every student, HP today introduced a full-function, mini-notebook PC priced [...]

First Typhoon

The first typhoon of the season will not touch Taiwan, but it will bring heavy rain storms starting from today. Prepare your umbrella! Technorati Tags: Taiwan, Typhoon, Asia, fvarga