Scientists have created a camera embedded in a pill can be easily swallowed and used to screen for esophageal cancer. Article: Science Daily: Camera In A Pill Offers Cheaper, Easier Window On Your Insides I think its great that there are easier ways to scan for cancer. However, as more and more ‘machines’ are created […]
Here’s a weird one: in Lewiston, Maine, an unidentified substance has blocked a sewer pipe causing all sorts of sewer-blockage trouble. Mysterious, doughy blob clogs sewer City crews discovered the clog earlier this month after responding to complaints of blocked sewer lines downtown. Jones said crews opened a manhole at the Bates Street intersection and […]
Here’s a funny video of a Spider-Man falling on his head. Spider-Man Crash and Burn
As if Cockroaches aren’t resilient enough already, Russian scientists have gone and bred super space cockroaches. Fanfuckingtastic. Cosmic cockroaches faster developers, Russian scientists say “Cockroaches conceived in space onboard the Russian Foton-M bio satellite have developed faster and become hardier than ‘terrestrial’ ones, a research supervisor said on Thursday. The research team has been monitoring […]
Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice is still trying to import American-style copyright law similar to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The massive failings of the DMCA have been reported widely, and it seems pretty clear that any similar legislation does not benefit anyone outside of the recording and movie industries. Michael Geist has written a […]
Over ten years ago, I saw a video of a man who had created a portable computer rig. This thing consisted of a laptop he had strapped to himself, a key/button input device he had attached to his leg, and a special screen that was attached to his head and hung in front of his […]
Bobby Fischer, the American chess genius, has passed away at the age of 64. I was only passingly familiar with Fischer’s life and history, mostly from a few articles I read in 2005 when he was arrested in Japan and renounced his U.S. citizenship. I found some time to read through a few obituaries, and […]
Sometimes great wisdom is found in the most unlikely places, such as from the mouth of ex-Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. In this 10 minute clip, Jesse is confronted by media pundit Donny Deutsche (MSNBC) with the usual hostility that these types often bring when “debating” anyone that isn’t quite ready to send every brown person […]
Today i get paidFor thinking up some HaikuAnd I get paid well No one ever taught me about Haiku in school. I wish I went to Millikin University where they offer a Haiku course.
Real life superheroes were featured in an article on City Line. This is a good read, and I’m going to have to check out the real superhero web community. Superheroes in Real Life – By Ward Rubrecht “BY MOST OBSERVERS’ RECKONING, between 150 and 200 real-life superheroes, or “Reals” as some call themselves, operate in […]
