Extra Future

Day: June 11, 2009

  • The Radioactive Wasps of Hanford

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Not from a movie or script, but real life][link]: >The contractor handling the clean-up, Washington Closure, says the nests were all built in 2003 when water was used to dampen dust during demolition of an H Reactor basin. That attracted the wasps that used the mud to make tube-shaped nests for eggs. [link]: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009327345_webnukedwasps11m.html “Local…

  • Last.fm’s Founders Leaving

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    Phil Nelson
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    [Cannot say I’m surprised][link]. It’ll be two-years after their acquisition, which is probably the earliest they were *allowed* to leave. [link]: http://blog.last.fm/2009/06/10/message-from-the-lastfm-founders-felix-rj-and-martin “Last.fm – the Blog · Message from the Last.fm founders, Felix, RJ and Martin”