Protected: Just for the Lucy to read
•January 16, 2007 • Comments Off on Protected: Just for the Lucy to readBizarre New Form of Life Found in Arctic Ocean, Scientists Announce
•January 16, 2007 • 2 CommentsJust a reminder: it’s very difficult to write an article about someone who has the last name of “Not”.
•January 16, 2007 • 3 Comments
Nothing brightens my on-hold experience with a government body like being told “I’m sorry, no one is available” every ten seconds.
For my beekeeping posse:
•January 16, 2007 • Comments Off on For my beekeeping posse:(from an article at gizmodo.com)
Durga was surely involved:
Joining the ever-growing list of folks using technology to unlawfully beat the oddsis a group of British gurus who claimed nearly £250,000 ($487,400)before being sniffed out by curious officials at the Mint Casino inCromwell Road. As with so many other high-rolling hijinks,the trio seemed to doing just fine, pulling in £38,000 ($74,084) duringa single week at one point, but greed ended up getting the best ofthem, as you’re bound to get scrutinized after winning 34 out of 44matches in a row. The average joes-turned-poker-sharks utilizedsleeve-mounted cameras to beam card deals to a completely wired up vanwaiting outside, which then rolled the footage in slow motion andpassed along the top secret information to the actual table sitter, wholistened intently via a hidden speaker.
The Ice Storm bringeth, and The Ice Storm taketh away
•January 16, 2007 • 2 CommentsSo I get home tonight and I see the trees I’d been hoping to photograph this morning, all lit up brightly with the light of the street lamps, and I think, hell yes! A quick run upstairs procures the camera, and I’m back down here to see what I can do without a tripod.
While I’m doing this, a neighbor comes home, and I without much thought on the matter I casually lean on my car while I look at my photos in that way that screams, “I am awesome for taking pictures at night!”
After a few hellos, my neighbor kindly points out that my car is far too new to be parked underneath the tree. You know, the same tree that lost a MAJOR branch that very morning, which I raised an eyebrow to as I passed by. “That’s, erm, a good point.”
So Mr. Shiny Distracted Idiot prudently moved his car to the other side, rather than wake up to find a pile of crumpled red tinfoil.
And now, for the pics:
“Nevermind” production
•January 15, 2007 • 2 CommentsA lot of things to say and show, so I’ll try to keep things short for those of you with tiny attention spans ;)
After a good lunch and coffehouse talk with netmouse (Jerusalem Gardens was quite nice, but had me burping that flavor for the rest of the night), I made it to jadesfire55‘s birthday Star Wars experience. I hadn’t seen the cartoons before, and had such fun heckling the heck out of them! I think it’s rare to find someone who can appreciate that you enjoy what you’re watching -even as- you MST3K it.
Lucy and I braved the coming apocalypse, just barely beating the freezing rain back to my place. I had to head right to sleep because at 8 am, I was to embark upon a new project!
•January 13, 2007 • 2 Comments
I LOVE that the grand prize for an ARG event is a trip into space aboard the Rocketplane XP. That’s so awesome.
The publisher for Automotive News sends an email
•January 12, 2007 • 16 CommentsThis went out to everyone in the Automotive News group, from the head honcho on down.
A fantastic start to the year for the Automotive News Group.
Our reporters and editors did an astonishing job of being everywhere at the Detroit auto show, talking to everybody and getting everything online and in print.
And — tah-DAH! — we’re now truly multimedia. The videos of our budding TV stars interviewing designers and showing off their favorite cars were terrific. Kudos to Scott Kennedy for being our first-ever producer, cameraman, and editor. These video vignettes were great. If you haven’t seen them, please take a few minutes. You’ll hardly believe these are ink-stained wretches in front of the camera. (Note Alysha talking to the Chinese automotive executive.) New stars are born.
This is a technology and a medium that we can master.
Have I mentioned that it is almost certain I’ll be going to Las Vegas in the beginning of February (to video their dealer conference), and that it looks like they’re planning on having me go to Geneva, New York, L.A., and Shanghai?
*boggle*
Geneva’s still well over a month away, but man. I’ll finally have stamped that passport I optimistically bought a decade ago. (Hey, at least it was empty when I lost it in D.C.!)
The icon really does say it all.
Steorn announces plans for widespread deployment of its free energy technology post-validation
•January 11, 2007 • 2 CommentsDublin, 11th January 2007: Steorn, the Irish technology development company, has today announced that its free energy technology will be made widely available to the development community immediately after the independent scientific validation process that is currently underway.
Under the terms of a modified general purpose licence and for a nominal fee, Steorn’s intellectual property will be made available concurrently to all interested parties, from individual enthusiasts to larger research organisations. Steorn is taking this bold move to accelerate the deployment and acceptance of its technology for both humanitarian and commercial products.
*creamy* External Laptop Graphics Card
•January 11, 2007 • 5 CommentsAsus XG Station is World’s First External Laptop Graphics Card
“We’re all for overengineered upgrades for the PC. This dock is like a magic shoehorn that’ll let you use a top line desktop gaming card with a laptop. That’s like jamming an 18-wheeler’s diesel engine under the hood of your civic. One laptop, paired with an EN7900GS graphics card, gained a 9-fold jump in speed. yes, those numbers are without context, but we’re almost talking double digits. Forgive me if I’m excited.
“It connects the two via the laptop’s express card slot, and the 3D card’s PCI express interface. The dock also has USB ports, a headphone jack, and that luscious LCD that shows PC stats like GPU clock speed, temp, master volume, and FPS.”