Hal Sparks http://halsparks.com People think I look like Somebody... Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:26:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ZERO 1 – Tour Kick Off Wisconsin! http://halsparks.com/2012/04/zero-1-tour-kick-off-wisconsin/ http://halsparks.com/2012/04/zero-1-tour-kick-off-wisconsin/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:26:46 +0000 Hal http://halsparks.com/?p=1087 Tomorrow Night  ZERO 1 and Oedipus have our first gig in the midwest.. like ever… and it’s starting off with a bang!

We’re playing the Player’s Lounge in Steven’s Point Wisconsin.. It’s easy to find, it’s right across from the largest of the 5, yes 5, major cemeteries in town. We checked the venue out today and were told. “don’t worry, The stage will be here tomorrow!”.. What? me worry? The band is all in good spirits and are we all feel pretty confident that not only will the first gig be awesome but since there are far fewer serial killers in wisconsin than there used to be we should be able to enjoy it.

I’ll be doing stand up right before the show…  AKA Spinal tap first.. puppet show last

 

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This kids nuclear program is more advanced than Iran’s. yes, really.

]]> http://halsparks.com/2012/04/14-yo-builds-a-nuclear-reactor-in-his-garage/feed/ 0 Winning the oil endgame | Video on TED.com http://halsparks.com/2012/04/winning-the-oil-endgame-video-on-ted-com/ http://halsparks.com/2012/04/winning-the-oil-endgame-video-on-ted-com/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:50:52 +0000 Hal http://halsparks.com/?p=1078 In case you were wondering where the President got some of his ideas on Pro-business solutions to climate change… they come from right under this guy’s mustache…. oh and the other scientists he works with…

Amory Lovins on winning the oil endgame | Video on TED.com.

Here’s a link to his paper that was written in 2005..

Winning The Oil Endgame..

 

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Last August, aUSGS reportexamined a cluster of earthquakes in Oklahoma and reported:

Our analysis showed that shortly after hydraulic fracturing began small earthquakes started occurring, and more than 50 were identified, of which 43 were large enough to be located. Most of these earthquakes occurred within a 24 hour period after hydraulic fracturing operations had ceased.

In November, a British shale gas developer found it was “highly probable” its fracturing operations caused minor quakes.

meanwhile… looking for alternative sources of energy are detrimental to the economy..

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]]> http://halsparks.com/2012/03/1027/feed/ 1 Last year… There were none http://halsparks.com/2012/03/last-year-there-were-none/ http://halsparks.com/2012/03/last-year-there-were-none/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:53:42 +0000 Hal http://halsparks.com/?p=1023 So.. Last year at about this time, unless you worked for NASA or where a super-nerdy Internet maniac like me… As far as you knew, there was one planet that could support life.. This one.. And even it has a shelf life.. Well, guess what. In the last nine months scientists have discovered approximately 148 livable planets in the near universe. And by near hey mean severalgalaxies and hundreds of years away. And then this happened..

Scientists now think there are BILLIONS..you read that right…BILLIONS stars with multiple planets in their “Goldilox” zone.. Theres even video…

watch?v=UqhkfIrJ_Ic&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Since we can’t Ustream on Humpdays anymore.. *grumble*… I thought I’d try and expand our chat options a bit… maybe make some lemonade out of this pile of Cumquats… let’s see if it’s friendly ..

 

 

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Got some? well leave it here in the comments section and If I add it to the show You just might win somethin! Make it good!

  • tech news
  • health
  • longevity
  • futurism
  • Green news
  • or just cute stories that make your heart glow..

let’s give everybody a reason to strive..

remember…. Everybody loves a Happy Ending

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PICS HERE! and don’t forget to “like” the page!

Summer and Malice were our guests again during the “PD” part of the show and great fun was had by all :)

on a personal note it was my first time seeing Oedipus live and they were amazing… \m/!

 

 

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