Monthly Archives: May 2008

How a magnet turned off my speech – Telegraph Seems to me that this could be weaponized  – wait maybe it already has… could explain a lot of Bush speeches…

globeandmail.com: Death spurs headphone debate I am all one for responsible headphone use. I believe it is up to the user, not the manufacture of your MP3 player to determine what a safe volume is. Here is a hint, if … Continue reading →

Riding home last night, I took a route by the Duwamish and Green rivers. I stopped to take a few shots. You can see how full they are getting.

Vandals wreck heavy-duty construction equipment in Frederickson area | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA OK – Someone was having a little too much to drink on a Saturday Night. These guys ran construction  equipment into each other, even tried to dig … Continue reading →

Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics :: WRAL.com This just sounds like a bad SciFi Channel Saturday night movie huh? Forget killer bees, now we have “Crazy Raspberry Ants” that just love electronics. Talks about “system bugs”!

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Trying to explain a 7″ tall GORT on my desk to a co-worker I just found out that there is a remake of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” in the works. Staring … Continue reading →

Scientific American: Drive-Through Tolls Creep Higher Faster “With gas prices at an all-time high, and predicted to climb higher, seems people are keenly aware of what it costs to drive from here to there. But a study from MIT suggests … Continue reading →

Alien e-mail reply to arrive in 2015? ::: Pink Tentacle “I came up with that idea while drinking,” Hirabayashi playfully admits. “The aliens probably won’t understand that part.” Oh just great. The Japanese have “drunk dialed” aliens!

FOXNews.com – Vatican: It’s OK for Catholics to Believe in Aliens – Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News In the Vatican newspaper piece, titled “The Extraterrestrial Is My Brother,” the Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes said the expansiveness … Continue reading →

HBO, Apple Confirm iTunes Store Downloads HBO will sell “The Sopranos,” “Sex and the City,” “Deadwood” and “Rome,” “Flight of the Conchords” and “The Wire,” among others, on the iTunes store. All 94 episodes of “Sex in the City” will … Continue reading →