Could you try not to ruin whatever TV show is currently broadcasting by cutting in with no warning to report on tepid election results? I mean really, that’s just inept; every other station is able to scroll the election results in a marquee on the bottom of the screen, or even shrinks the main program… Continue reading Hey Z21…
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Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
Last night, as I reported on my Hack Bend blog, the house across the street caught fire. It wasn’t terribly serious, as these things go: some hot embers from the chimney landed on the wood shake roof and sparked into flames. But the fire department came out in full force; there were four engines, the… Continue reading Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
The truth about vampires
I realize I’m about a week late blogging this item (should have been around Halloween), but I just can’t resist: Count Dracula not in the numbers, physicist says. A scientist is playing Scully to scientifically disprove the existence of monsters—vampires, zombies, ghosts, and so on. Articles like this make me amused and irritated at the… Continue reading The truth about vampires
An appropriate image?
I’m not sure what this might say about me, but when I was reading this KTVZ story about the utterly ridiculous Measure 37 claim on the Newberry Volcanic Monument, I couldn’t help but think the image filed with the story looks like a skull: See the eyesockets? Yeah, that’s messed up. Oh and FYI, Measure… Continue reading An appropriate image?
The Dirty Screech
On the one hand, I want to say, “who knew it would come to this,” but on the other, well, it figures: Dustin Diamon, AKA Screech from “Saved by the Bell,” is the latest celebrity to have a sex tape released to the public. See also stories on TMZ.com here, here, and here. That last… Continue reading The Dirty Screech
Compare and contrast
Compare and contrast this: Global warming over the coming century could mean a return of temperatures last seen in the age of the dinosaur and lead to the extinction of up to half of all species, a scientist said on Thursday. With this: The earliest civilizations were not a product of favorable conditions but rather… Continue reading Compare and contrast
Much Ado About Pluto
More geeky space news! This is more mainstream-popular, though, as I’ve seen it popping up everywhere. Pluto is no longer a planet. I’m actually a bit surprised at the uproar this seems to be causing; Slashdot has more on this. Me, I guess I’ve always been suspicious of Pluto; I mean, the thing has this… Continue reading Much Ado About Pluto
They don’t make ’em like that anymore
Okay, I’m a little behind on news, but I thought this story was extremely cool: Voyager 1 passes 100 AU from the sun. I guess this is only of interest to you if you’re a space and astronomy geek. (Some quick Wikipedia references: Voyager 1, AU.) It’s just amazing to me that a spacecraft built… Continue reading They don’t make ’em like that anymore
Killer Kangaroo!
Now, this story is just silly: Fanged killer kangaroo roamed Outback. Forget cute, cuddly marsupials. A team of Australian palaeontologists say they have found the fossilized remains of a fanged killer kangaroo and what they describe as a “demon duck of doom”. … The species found at the dig had “well muscled-in teeth, not for… Continue reading Killer Kangaroo!
What the hell was that?
When I started writing this post, the video in question actually existed… but now the link they had goes to the Visitor and Convention Bureau site… hmmmmmm. The title of this post might as well be “How not to do viral marketing.” It concerns a new animated ad campaign, detailed in excruciating detail in this… Continue reading What the hell was that?