How’s this for pressure? You’re a Hollywood stunt pilot on contract to NASA to catch a 500-pound canister returning from a three-year, two-million-mile mission containing particles ejected from the Sun. The project cost NASA $300 million and, in order to preserve the samples, you have to catch the parachuting canister with a helicopter under any […]
You gotta give this kid credit for sticking up for his rights. He wanted to protest the political indoctrination he was receiving by putting posters around his school. So, why the big hub-bub? Because he’s a conservative, hawkish protester, not a liberal, anti-war protester. Shenanigans ensues and, predictably, his voice is silenced. For now. But, […]
Thanks to Boing Boing. Hate RealPlayer? So did the BBC, enough that Real made a version of RealPlayer without all the crap that normally comes with it.. You can download it here (for Windows) or here for others.
I don’t know who runs Ottawa Wireless, but good on yah, boys! These geniuses (and for once I’m not being sarcastic) set up a WiFi network to cover six square miles of the city (I’m assuming this means downtown and the lakeshore). Unlimited calls to anyone in Canada or the US for $30 a month […]
I don’t know why I’m so excited; I didn’t watch a single game. In other news, a few rowdy fans did manage to tip over… Aretha Franklin (gratuitously stolen from Chick McGee on the Bob and Tom Show, 16 June 2004) Ah, that’s why I needed to post.
Title pretty much says it all. My very British name is Quentin Watson.Take The Very British Name Generator today!Created with Rum and Monkey‘s Name Generator Generator.
It’s officially a Good Thing (TM). Just choose your state and get a list of RSS weather feeds. Looks like it only gives current conditions right now. Link
Ug, the character really is a marketing scheme, not a labor of love. Link
I know, internet cliche; but it still cracks me up. Link [via plasticbag]
As part of my job (seriously), I had to compose an image of someone stretching. So, I hit Google Image Search and type in my keyword: stretch. What I found was that you probably don’t want to put “stretch” into GIS; it’s not a pretty world. Well, it kind of is, until you get to […]