As an aspiring electronics geek, I am still collecting cool tools and techniques for my projects. While working on a weekend project, I stumbled upon a treasure trove containing meticulous (almost obsessively complete) advice regarding soldering and circuit board design. These videos were the perfect addition to my ...
This first video is "Hedgehog in the Fog". An award-winning animation feature by Yuri Norshtein. Winner of the following awards: - Outstanding Film of the Year (London UK 1977) - Winner of 2nd Prize (Sydney Australia 1978) - Winner of 3rd Prize (Chicago USA 1977) - Tokyo All time animation best 150 in Japan and ...
Amid the hoopla over Virgin Galactic’s commercial space ship tourism, and considering proof of water on the Moon, the thing that’s on everyone’s mind is obviously the Moon Colony. I need to tell you something: Lunar Internet ping times are going to be very slow – possibly longer than ...
On the evening of August 4th 2009, some crazy, self-absorbed, adolescent-brained asshole (who happened to be 48 years old) walked into a fitness center in Pittsburgh, PA and started shooting randomly. All told, he killed at least three people beside himself. ...a moment of silence for those who were murdered... The ...
Wow, it took me forever to find this freaking phone number! I figure other people are probably looking for it too, so here you go: 1-866-2-GOOGLE is the phone number for Google's adwords support.
I was reading a finance blog today and came across this gem: Consider this fact, the first stimulus package has an interest rate of $100,000,000 per day The blog is run by Credit Bureau Experts, which is a company that does credit repair.
Yes, dear reader: you did read the headline correctly. The woman who was nearly vice president has quit her elected position without using the word "resigned" or even acknowledging that she is walking out on the people who elected her. In fact, the entire "letter" is couched in ...
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: "The next stop along the slippery slope." One of the first things to strike me when the United States began its terrorism craze was, "great - now that terrorism is double-super-illegal, we need to worry about what actions are defined as terrorism." ...
Okay - this is totally hilarious: politician makes dumb remark on twitter, entire country responds (also on twitter). My contribution: @petehoekstra I got a little sunburned today. Now I know what Chernobyl must have been like. I think the term for this is "LMAO-schadenfreude." RTFA: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/twitter... Earlier tod […]
Haha! Jim Henson apparently made proto-muppet commercials for a coffee company, and they are AMAZINGLY violent. A young kermit (Wilkins) keeps threatening or murdering Wontkins, all because Wontkins is unwilling to try this brand of coffee. Yes murder, including gangland-style execution by a disembodied hand, by cannon, ...