Clearly, destiny cares nothing for good drama

As I expected would happen once the Cubs blew three chances to make the World Series, the Red Sox have dramatically blown it against the Yankees. It happens every time. I'm used to it. It's disappointing. Anyway, there's only one thing left to say:

GO MARLINS!

:)

Monkeys think, robot do.

On balance, I think this is really cool, though I do feel a little bad for the monkeys having electrodes wired into their brains. Certainly, this holds enormous promise for disabled people and giant robot fans the world over.

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,1062611,00.html

Addendum:

Cool article about affordable solar power using organic cells.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/10/02/solar.cells.reut/index.html