After reading Warren Ellis’s mini-essay on the subject, Bending Mars, my opinon has been formed. Prior to this, I was intrigued by the robot exploration of Mars, but really just did not see what all the fuss was about. Yes, it was an amazing job of planning and engineering. Yes, it was a interesting to see what they were finding up there. But it had no impact on me.

Now though, I see getting to Mars and getting there as fast as possible is critical for the long term future of humanity.

You may find Ellis’ predictions about our “meat hook future” to be grim or cynical, but ultimatly, aren’t his pleas to let our mad species’ creations live by spreading them off-world all about hope?

There is something sad to me about the people that read it religiously on a daily basis and find deep insight into their lives because of it. Its funny, but it it is not deep.

That said, I read it daily and today’s was left me on the fence.

Am i for their gorgeous, “I am youth, hear me roar”, hubris of the millenial or am I sick of them, their frequent inability to focus, and their lack of ability to deal with the real?

Not sure, but think that I will learn a lot by watching them deal with a market downturn.

Who tests the old red wine to see if it is still drinkable?

Who check the  milk to see if it chunky?

Who cleans the garbage can?

Along those same lines, is there a difference between three person relationships in which two people kill bugs and one person screams vs. the ones in which two people scream and one person kills the bugs?

Saw that Google has connected their docs application to the various blog APIs, allowing you to publish from Google Apps to your blog, and figured I should check it out.

It was pretty east. I started by logging into Google Docs. Honestly that was the hardest part. I had to remember how to get there and not go the Google Apps document site. My company, Apogee Search, has been playing with Google Apps and although it looks the same, it uses different log-ins and has a different trust network.

Below is a quick walkthrough:
Step 1. Log into Google Apps.
Step 2. Create a new document.
Step 3. Click on the “Publish” tab in the upper right hand corner.
Step 4. Click on the “change your blog settings” link at the bottom of the page.
Step 5. Click on the “Add to Blog” button at the bottom of the page.

That of course would not have happened without Terry Harpold. That of course would not have happened without Matthew Causey. That of course would not have happened without Mark Dennard. That of course would not have happened without Josh Reiss or Charlie Bennet. That of course would not have happened with Cory Clarke or Ali Mahajouri.

And there you go.