I’ve been having a hard time working on personal projects the past few days.  This is how I feel:

This is my Spore creature, Frank.  As you can see, he has a very large suctoped to help him get around.  Watch him dance here.

I read this article here the other day about future technology as predicted by Ray Kurzweil. It had some really interesting items to discuss.  Highlights include:

1. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.
2. Solar power will be cost-competitive with fossil fuels in just five years, and that within 20 years all our energy will come from clean sources.
3. In 15 years, your life expectancy will keep rising every year faster than you’re aging. And then, before the century is even half over, you can be around for the Singularity, that revolutionary transition when humans and/or machines start evolving into immortal beings with ever-improving software.

While some of these seem far-fetched, he does have a really good track record for predicting future technology.  Number 1 will result in the bacon market exploding.  Number 2 will result in not having to go broke every time you fill up your tank.  And number 3 basically says that as long as we don’t get hit by a bus in the next 15 years, we’re all going to live forever.  Sounds fantastic.