{"id":290,"date":"2008-06-12T13:45:59","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T18:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/12\/keep-an-eye-on-craig-venter\/"},"modified":"2008-06-19T12:15:14","modified_gmt":"2008-06-19T17:15:14","slug":"keep-an-eye-on-craig-venter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/keep-an-eye-on-craig-venter\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep an eye on Craig Venter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m spending a little time on a side project involving blogs and their RSS feeds.  I&#8217;ve posted before (in 2005!) about <a href=\"http:\/\/news.thedigitalmachine.com\/2005\/05\/16\/midlife-crisis-looming\/\">unplugging from the endless evil RSS feeds<\/a> of the hyperactive interwebs, and I stepped too close again and got sucked back in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the interesting fodder I&#8217;ve dug up on this last trip (with a tip of the hat to Andrea for finding a related Newsweek article)&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcvi.org\/cms\/about\/bios\/jcventer\/\">This guy<\/a> is getting really good at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/view\/id\/227\">hacking together new forms of life<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and may <a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2008\/02\/craig-venter-fuel-co2-ted-conference.php\">solve our immediate energy problems<\/a> in doing so&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/energytower.org\/\">Lots<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerfromthesun.net\/chapter1\/Chapter1.htm\">lots<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/earth\/4267885.html\">lots<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailygreen.com\/environmental-news\/latest\/stirling-solar-power-46012108\">lots<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/technology\/industry\/4268172.html\">lots<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/earth\/4243793.html\">lots<\/a> of solar energy info<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesmashmix.com\">Mucho<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiohacker.com\/\">mashups<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiohacker.com\/media\/hack11\/a1_i_will_possess_your_bitstream.mp3\">mixing Death Cab, Nitzer Ebb, Bladerunner and Journey<\/a> is just&#8230; no words&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rvb.roosterteeth.com\/archive\/\">Classic<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydamnchannel.com\/Big_Fat_Brain\/You_Suck_at_Photoshop\/YouSuckatPhotoshop1_398.aspx\">web<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/video\">shows<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purepwnage.com\/index.php\">old<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthemotherhood.com\">and<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydamnchannel.com\/Big_Fat_Brain\/Sn4tchbuckl3r_s_Second_Chance\/Sn4tchbuckl3rsSecondChance1Arrival_649.aspx\">new<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YQlzqPHe9Cg&#038;feature=related\">All<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/vids.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&#038;VideoID=2261108\">crazy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=txirj1vX_Ck&#038;NR=1\">kinds<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dDkDvdogCXk&#038;feature=related\">of<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qBYqNj7Rrh4&#038;NR=1\">ancient<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YQlzqPHe9Cg&#038;feature=related\">sweet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XT3ZY-_Xf_s&#038;feature=related\">awesome<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wDWEs8RJ0v0&#038;feature=related\">PWEI<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jZtXNgVIQHo&#038;feature=related\">video<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L30VL4IFzkw&#038;feature=related\">whoop<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=udXOhGzNgrY&#038;feature=related\">whoop!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The interwebs is DEEP these days&#8230;  :P  &#8230;now give me my life back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m spending a little time on a side project involving blogs and their RSS feeds. I&#8217;ve posted before (in 2005!) about unplugging from the endless evil RSS feeds of the hyperactive interwebs, and I stepped too close again and got sucked back in&#8230; Some of the interesting fodder I&#8217;ve dug up on this last trip &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/keep-an-eye-on-craig-venter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Keep an eye on Craig Venter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,17,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumption","category-global-issues","category-heavy-rotation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-4G","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2002\/or-is-it-more-than-that-im-losing-track\/","url_meta":{"origin":290,"position":0},"title":"Lan Party ]I[","author":"m","date":"August 16, 2002","format":false,"excerpt":"Roster: Jake, Chau, Frankie, Zac, Me, Wolfie, Bill Games: Counterstrike, Warcraft ]I[, and (what we played just about all night)... 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