STS-117 Crew

Space Shuttle Atlantis is on the way to the International Space Station.
According to the NASA website, the crew will inspect the shuttle's heat shield and get ready for their arrival at the space station on Sunday.
Today is their first full day in orbit after lifting off Friday from the Kennedy Space Center.
Seven crew members are aboard the shuttle.

In No Time Searching For The Essence Of Time Leads To A Confounding Question: Does It Even Exist? by Tim Folger

I am reading Tim Folger's article, In No Time Searching For The Essence Of Time Leads To A Confounding Question: Does It Even Exist?, in the June 2007 issue of Discover.
Ideas on time's arrow and whether time exists at all seems to be in the current literature on physics and quantum mechanics a lot.

Through a Glass, Darkly by Marc Bain

I read Marc Bain's article, Through a Glass, Darkly, in the Periscope section of the 28 May 2007 issue of Newsweek.
It seems that the Hubble Space Telescope has recorded what may be a dark-matter ring that formed when two clusters of galaxies collided.

Tour Industry's Green Revoluntion DMB, Madona, Pearl Jam, Coddplay and more team up to fight globial warming by Evan Serpick

I read this article, in the 14 June 2007 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, Tour Industry's Green Revolution DMB, Madonna, Pearl Jam, Coldplay and more team up to fight global warming by Evan Serpick.
It is interesting to see some artists going to biodiesel as a fuel for the buses and trucks that carry their equipment during their tours.

Michael Crichton's Next

I am reading Michael Crichton's book Next.
It is a good book.

I also read his book, The Andromeda Strain, and saw the movie The Andromeda Strain.
It is a great book and great movie, if you like germ outbreaks as a theme.
I read his book, The Terminal Man and saw the movie The Terminal Man.
It is a good book and good movie, if you like surgical behavior modification as a theme.
I read his book, Sphere, and saw the movie Sphere.
It is an interesting book and an interesting movie.
I like science fiction to hold up a mirror and reflect something back about humanity.
This movie and book does that in a literal way.

Europe's Carbon Trading Market Sees Brisk Business by Christopher Joyce

I heard this on National Public Radio yesterday, Europe's Carbon Trading Market Sees Brisk Business by Christopher Joyce. This is part of a year-long series, Climate Connections.
Given the Group of Eight Summit for 2007 just started, this is right on time.
This report tells something about how CO2 emissions are handled by some businesses in Europe.
Go to www.npr.org and search for Climate Connections From NPR and National Geographic.

Bjarne Stroustrup's The Design and Evolution of C++

I read the article, The problem with programming by Bjarne Stroustrup in the Q&A section of the January/February issue of Technology Review.
Now I am looking for his book The Design and Evolution of C++.
C++ is one of my favorite languages to use.
Setting up late trying to debug my programs in C and C++ was not one of my favorite ways to pass the time.