May 2009
1 post
April 2009
3 posts
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Earth... →
There are already too many people living on Planet Earth, according to one of most influential science advisors in the US government.
March 2009
2 posts
February 2009
6 posts
Pitch Black “Show & Prove (DJ Deckstream...
Victorian Bushfire Survivor, Sam the Koala, A... →
“I could see she had sore feet and was in trouble, so I pulled over the fire truck. She just plonked herself down, as if to say ‘I’m beat’,” he said.
“I offered her a drink and she drank three bottles.
“The most amazing part was when she grabbed my hand. I will never forget that.”
January 2009
9 posts
BLDGBLOG: Planet Harddrive →
“… perhaps someday we won’t actually need harddrives at all: we’ll simply use geology itself. In other words, what if we could manipulate the earth’s own magnetic field and thus program data into the natural energy curtains of the planet? The earth would become a kind of spherical harddrive, with information stored in those moving webs of magnetic energy that both...
The Atlantic Online | February 1982 | Have You... →
The diamond invention is far more than a monopoly for fixing diamond prices; it is a mechanism for converting tiny crystals of carbon into universally recognized tokens of wealth, power, and romance. To achieve this goal, De Beers had to control demand as well as supply. Both women and men had to be made to perceive diamonds not as marketable precious stones but as an inseparable part of courtship...
December 2008
3 posts
Space Beer →
Last week, Sapporo announced that they would soon be serving space beer, “the world’s first beer made with barley descending from plants grown inside the International Space Station.”
The barley used in the new beer is a third-generation offshoot of the original plant stored for five months in a Russian laboratory in the station. The company has made only 100 liters of the new...
November 2008
21 posts
Anti-terror law requires God be acknowledged →
Under state law, God is Kentucky’s first line of defense against terrorism.
The 2006 law organizing the state Office of Homeland Security lists its initial duty as “stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth.”
Specifically, Homeland Security is ordered to publicize God’s benevolent protection in its reports, and it must...
Shearwater “Leviathan, Bound”
This...
"It’s Hip to Be Spare" - How Frugality Has Become... →
Where it was once ok to go out and buy whatever you wanted, today there is a growing sense of peer pressure to not buy anything. In many cases, this is simply due to necessity. With hundreds of thousands of people out of work and businesses either declaring bankruptcy or shutting down entirely, budgets have to be cut and spending naturally goes down.
But for those with steady jobs and disposable...
Forget Red vs. Blue -- It's the Educated vs.... →
We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world. It can cope with complexity and has the intellectual tools to separate illusion from truth. The other America, which constitutes the majority, exists in a non-reality-based belief system. This America, dependent on skillfully manipulated images for information, has severed itself from the literate,...
Sarah Palin Blamed by the US Secret Service Over... →
Sarah Palin’s attacks on Barack Obama’s patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.
Unknown Structures Tugging at Universe, Study Says →
On the outskirts of creation, unknown, unseen “structures” are tugging on our universe like cosmic magnets, a controversial new study says.
Everything in the known universe is said to be racing toward the massive clumps of matter at more than 2 million miles (3.2 million kilometers) an hour—a movement the researchers have dubbed dark flow.
Obama and The Dawn of the Fourth Republic →
The election of Barack Obama to the presidency may signal more than the end of an era of Republican presidential dominance and conservative ideology. It may mark the beginning of a Fourth Republic of the United States.
Movie Music For Political Stagecraft
via /Film
While watching the speeches last night, I geeked out over the fact that I recognized the movie music both candidates used during their victory/concession speeches. After McCain’s gracious concession, the score from Hans Zimmer’s Crimson Tide blasted through the speakers, while Obama used clips from Trevor Rabin’s Remember the Titans immediately following his speech in Grant Park.
Both...
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we...”
– Carlos Castaneda
“And to protest the corruption in the government by not casting a vote is as...”
– headbangersblog.mtv.com
Why Eventually Electing An Atheist Would Be The... →
OK - I know we’re not ready as a Country to even consider this right now - but wouldn’t it be nice if….. Our President believed that a person gets one life - here - on Earth - and that there is no magical fairy land where you go when you die.
October 2008
36 posts
10 Ghosts We'd Like To Meet →
Vengeful garbageman after those who do not separate the plastic bottles
Apache warrior trapped in Calcutta cemetery due to afterlife processing mix-up
Undead Trek nerd who haunts toy store and knocks Star Wars collectibles from hands
TGI Friday’s waitress searching for her lost flair
Mumbling vagrant with intense B.O. who protects the #43 bus from harm
Diligent camgirl who still tries...
Cell phone thief takes phonecam shot of himself →
This Cincinnati, Ohio gentleman snatched a cell phone from a lost, deaf woman who had gotten out of her car to look for a street sign. Later, Gary Walker, 24, took a phonecam shot of himself. A few weeks after the robbery, the victim, Ashlee Hutchens, downloaded her data from the phone network into a new handset and Walker’s photo popped up. Police then sent it out to the media and...
Ardica-Heated Jackets Also Juice Your Gadgets on... →
Not only will Ardica-enabled jackets charge your gadgets (up to 11 full charges on your cellphone and 20 on your iPod), it’ll also keep you nice and warm for either nine hours on low heat or three hours on high. If you’ll be in the cold for even longer than that, just bring along a second battery.
Why You Should Work Less
Americans are working longer hours and taking less time off — an unhealthy habit that heightens stress and lowers life expectancy.
During his first re-election campaign, FDR came to Bedford, Massachusetts in 1936, stumping for four more years of New Deal.
In the crowd was a young girl with an envelope. She tried to make her way to the President to give him the enveloped note but was...
