May 2009
Audi quoted me $1100 for new tires. Eh.. No I’ll take my $90 Kumhos, thanks bitch.
Watching the last Tonight Show with Jay Leno
At the apple store to send my poor macbook pro to get fixed (or just getting a new one)
Replaced this crazy k-rad network card with a crappy netgear wireless card because no wires always wins. http://yfrog.com/0tndvj
Watch this insane Jon & Kate + 8 marathon. Jon clearly looks like he wants to kill himself. Can’t blame him.
Kate doesn’t want to.
Finally getting around to watching Recount on HBO, ironically after Bush is now gone.
Seeing the 4:20 show of Terminator. http://yfrog.com/0x38dj
Apparently Clinton Kelly is at the mall today. http://ping.fm/hHaxf
Oh, Texas, this guy runs your school board? →
If you ever want to see just how far people will go to deny reality and promote antiscience, then look no further than dyed-in-the-wool creationist Don McLeroy, who is the Chairman of the Texas State…
1st drink, anejo (at Forte) http://ping.fm/x3K2p
Considering heading to Forte for drinks and whatnot.
“The town considered guns, electrocution and dismemberment before setting on...”
– The Day They Hanged an Elephant in East Tennessee | Blue Ridge Country
Porn Goes Mainstream
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It’s about damn time. Plus Sasha Grey is fabulous. She should follow me on Twitter.
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The 14 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits Filed by the... →
The behavior of the RIAA/MPAA during the last decade has been nothing short of a schoolyard bully who has the teacher in his pocket. It’s not just the consumers who’ve had enough of the Industry’s…
Artists Don’t Want Pirate Fans to be Disconnected →
Last week, a group of music and other entertainment industry representatives urged the UK government to consider drafting legislation that would force ISPs to disconnect alleged pirates. This…
Rivers May Have Recently Flowed On Mars →
New research suggests that water may have flowed over Mars’ surface in at least one place over the past billion years.
NASA Image Of The Day - Above Earth →
With a mostly dark home planet behind him, astronaut Michael Good rides Atlantis’ remote manipulator system arm to the exact position he needs to be to continue work on the Hubble Space Telescope on…
I’m either hungry or bored. Can’t decide.
1,220 LB Meteorite Unearthed Believed to be 20,000... →
A Kansas man digs up a an meteorite estimated to be 20,000 years old.
Brain-Controlling Flies to Triumph Over Alien... →
The battle against invasive fire might be turning a corner, thanks to a fly that “zombifies” the ants from the inside, eats ant brains, then hatches from the hollowed-out head.
People that use underscores in usernames: stop.
Saturday late brunch action. http://yfrog.com/13x8mj
If you’re in cityplace or downtown, let’s get together and start the party immediately. http://yfrog.com/0wrvpj
Hmm where should I put my new merchant accout sticker? http://yfrog.com/0zezrj
Charlie Stross on technology 25 years from now →
The near future is a particularly dangerous time to write about, if you’re an SF writer: if you get it wrong, people will mock you mercilessly when you get there. Prophecy is a lot easier when you’re…
Jealous female gorillas solicit unproductive sex →
Female gorillas get friskier when their silverback has sex with another female, even when they themselves cannot conceive. The finding suggests they use sex to gain an advantage over competing…
Life’s First Spark Recreated in the Laboratory |... →
Researchers synthesized the basic ingredients of RNA, a molecule from which the simplest self-replicating structures are made. Until now, they couldn’t explain how these ingredients might have…
Vertical Farm in Dubai Uses Seawater →
“The seawater vertical farm uses seawater to cool and humidify greenhouses and to convert sufficient humidity back in to fresh water to irrigate the crops.”
Evolution - addressing some misconceptions →
..and explaining some of the basics.
Gotta get up at the ass crack of dawn tomorrow: 9am.
@KarenZavack will you be my personal trainer?
Where’s the party?
Will Humans' Brains Change During Travel in Outer... →
In February, 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell experienced the little understood phenomenon sometimes called the “Overview Effect”. He describes being completely engulfed by a profound sense…
Star Crust is Ten Billion Times Stronger Than... →
A new computer model suggests that the outer crusts of so-called neutron stars are the strongest known material in the universe.
35,000-year-old statue - world's first nude... →
A 35,000 years old buxom statuette has been unveiled by scientists as the world’s earliest sculpture of the naked female form.
Chimp That Mauled Woman Was on Drugs →
A chimp mauled a Connecticut woman while on the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, according to blood tests.
Atlantis Launch in full HD →
The NASA site has 1080i, 720p and 480p quality videos. The quality is stunning.
New dinsour species possible in Northwestern... →
The discovery of a gruesome feeding frenzy that played out 73 million years ago in Northwestern Alberta may also lead to the discovery of new dinosaur species in Northwestern Alberta. University of…
Past experience is invaluable for complex decision... →
Researchers have shown that past experience really does help when we have to make complex decisions based on uncertain or confusing information. They show that learning from experience actually…
A Way to Travel at 'Star Trek's' Warp Speed →
Here’s the good news for all those “Star Trek” enthusiasts out there — a couple of physicists think they’ve figured out how to travel faster than the speed of light without breaking the laws of…