Behold. The Internet.
Posted in News, Stuff That Goes Boom on Jun 29th, 2007
In a shocking turn of events, it turns out that not everyone in America is a pansy, some people still like to take care of themselves. Read about a teenager who wasn’t about to be carjacked.
Posted in Technology on Jun 28th, 2007
A great parody of the Microsoft Surface computer.
Posted in News on Jun 27th, 2007
The group that set off a Sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subways, Aum Shinrikyo, founded by Shoko Asahara, released a crazy anime film about their leader. He is awaiting execution btw. Lovely.
Posted in News on Jun 25th, 2007
If you can’t get enough of running through deserts and almost dying, then the 4 Deserts is for you. This just sounds like so much fun!
The 4 Deserts is a series of seven-day, 250-kilometer (150 mile) self-supported footraces across the largest and most forbidding deserts on Earth including the Gobi in China, the Atacama [...]
Posted in Money on Jun 22nd, 2007
In case you are wondering why that one guy is always standing in the same place in WoW, perhaps he is one of the thousands of Chinese Gold Farmers that spend their days harvesting gold.
Posted in News on Jun 21st, 2007
Maybe the next hot television show will be When Squirrels Attack. Or maybe When Good Squirrels Go Bad. Sometimes, the real news is stranger than the movies.
“After that, the squirrel went into the 72-year-old man’s garden and massively attacked him on the arms, hand and thigh,” the spokesman said. “Then he killed it with his [...]
Posted in News on Jun 20th, 2007
What do you do if you are a zoologist, study crocodiles and need to get up close with them? Why, dress in a crocodile disguise of course!
The zoologist adopted his bizarre outfit in the hope of getting closer to a colony of Nile crocodiles, which can grow up to 20ft.
His disguise was a prosthetic [...]
Posted in Speed Junkie on Jun 19th, 2007
Supercharged LS7 7.0-liter engine going at around 600-ish horses.
Oh my.
Posted in News on Jun 18th, 2007
As the heat hits the United States like a sack of lead bricks, do your part to try and save energy. It will help your wallet, the environment and just make you feel all warm and squishy inside. For tips, see this article at Single Income Parenting.
Posted in News, Stuff That Goes Boom on Jun 17th, 2007
The Washington Post has a nice writeup about the huge mercenary/contractor buildup in Iraq. They face threats every day and most of the casualties are not reported like troop casualties are.
The security industry’s enormous growth has been facilitated by the U.S. military, which uses the 20,000 to 30,000 contractors to offset chronic troop shortages. Armed [...]