SubscribeShow me any self-respecting geek who wouldn’t want this:
I have no idea what I’d make it do… probably nothing. Just having it on your desk would be empowering, don’t you think!
With thanks to Engadget.
Ok… I frequently find amusement in the amazing and interesting ways that we humans come up with to hurt each other. The newest from the US military bakes takes the cake.
Click
here for the story. (_With thanks to Gizmodo_).
I just can’t resist hopping on the “Oh my gawd you american’s are so F#2KING stupid for re-electing this bozo” bandwagon.
I think that Pete’s blog summarized it the best here.
This is just too cool not to cross post.
People are building extended life batteries for their ipods out of altoid tins, playing card holders, etc.
Click here for the info.
The Guardian reports that scientists are bewildered by sharp rise of CO2 in atmosphere for second year running.
If this is true it has dire potential consequences for our planet. Time to move to high and cooler ground.
Last night we attended one of the 8th Anniversary parties for The Guvernment, a nightclub in Toronto. Playing at the party was perhaps one of the worlds best psytrance musicians, Infected Mushroom.
Now, I’m not a huge fan of the club scene – too crouded, people with poor attitudes, etc., but(!) the music was GREAT. Especially Infected Mushroom’s set from midnight to 1:30am. These guys really know how to put music together and play a crowd.
Kim, Dave and I had a very very good time. A big thanks to Susan who gave us the tickets for my birthday. Yay Susan, you rock! Hopefully next time you can come out and play too.
Dave has been talking about wanting to build a pyramid, similar to our dome, for dance events, etc. I think it’s a cool idea and so I started doing the math behind the structure.
The idea is to build a pyramid structure out of short segments of ABS pipe and join the ABS segments together with larger diameter segments of ABS that are bound to the plastic skin of the structure.
The flat parts of the structure are pretty simple: at the joints there is a horizontal joint and 2 diagonal ones that continue the triangle shape up the side of the structure. The places that the pyramid requires a little thought is the edges between the faces and the peak.
At the edge seams, there needs to be one joint that connects a line of ABS from the corner of the base to the peak. There is another joint that carries the horizontal line from one face onto the next. Finally, the 3rd joint connects one triangle from one face to another triangle on the other. This was the angle I needed. This is also the angle from the peak of the pyramid.
Now *that’s* Reality TV™!!! I just saw an episode of _S.A.S. – Are You Tough Enough_ on the
History Television channel.
Amazing! These folks are put through training exercises similar to what the S.A.S. are put through in a reality-tv format.
Unfortunately the BBC canned it after two seasons, but it looks like History Television has picked it up.
If you’re a reality tv junkie it’s a must see!
More info here.
Yesterday, while at home nursing my cold,
Dave sent me an
article about a new Ontario Department of Health regulation that would require freezing and subsequent thawing of raw fish for things like sushi.
I sprung into action. Emailing Jim Chan, Toronto’s manager of public health and the Hon Mr. George Smitherman, and suggesting to
Kelly the idea to start a public protest on her blog. She was good enough to do
so (here).
Today we hear that the Ontario Ministry of Health is backing down from it’s initial stance.
Now if only democracy had a way for us to inject into the beginning of the process, rather than the end after the monies and meetings have been wasted.
Too much fun can be had with Google! Searching for credit card numbers that people have posted, seeing how many hits your name gets.
A new one, thanks to Engadget is How digitcameras loose their virginity. Nice!