Vulcan Point, Taal Volcano, Luzon, Philippines
Even robots are having a shit time in this economy, I guess. How many signs of the apocalypse can you find in this photo?
Photo: Everett Kennedy Brown/European Pressphoto Agency
File this one under weird: Sometime over the past year, my hometown has become a hotbed for UFO sightings. So many reports have been filed — 312 last year alone — that the local community college hosted a conference today, and Bucks County will be featured on the Discovery Channel series UFOs Over Earth.
Now what [...]
Sunday, November 30, 2008
I’ve played around with computer programming since I was a kid, and 15 years later it finally hits me: Armed with the right knowledge, nerds can make you do whatever they want.
Excellent.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I just finished watching Independent Lens: The Atom Smashers on Thirteen, a documentary about Fermilab and the American search for the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle” and, by far, my favorite subatomic particle (along with the strange quark, of course). I gotta say, I’ve got such an appreciation for public broadcasting, and Independent Lens [...]
Saturday, September 27, 2008
According to Wikipedia: Magic Rocks, also sometimes referred to or marketed as Crystal Gardens or Chemical Gardens, are a novelty item for creating rock-like formations. A typical package of Magic Rocks contains an envelope of liquid sodium silicate and a small handful of colored “rocks” that are actually chunks of water soluble metallic salts. Some [...]
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Over the past two days I have learned a lot about birds thanks to the good folks at PBS.
Yesterday, I watched a program called Raptor Force. Did you know, raptors are nature’s aerial killing machines? When a Peregrin Falcon sees a small bird, such as a grouse, it flies thousands of feet high, twitches its [...]
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
McParty and I are proud parents!
Now the waiting begins…
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sea-Monkeys may just be the most fascinating creatures of the deep. Today, after properly preparing the tank, McParty and I began incubating the eggs of our future Sea-Monkey friends. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a pet in this house, so this is long overdue. You may think Sea-Monkeys are childish, or something [...]
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Proof that sometimes, the simplest ideas are best.
Thanks to McParty for pointing me to Sherwood Forlee’s Anti-Theft Sandwich Bag, which, if I brought sandwiches to work, I would totally use.
In other sandwich-related news, I can’t wait to try the Blimpie Special Vegetarian this weekend! Valuable lesson: this off-the-menu ordering trick doesn’t work everywhere. When someone [...]