Another kick at the cold fusion dream…
Nearly 20 years ago, some scientists observed something that looked like room temperature fusion, or "cold fusion". If such a thing actually worked, and generated net positive energy flow (I.E.:…
Black holes, LHC, Star Wars, quantum uncertainty… if it is of general geek interest, but doesn’t fit into one of the other categories, it lands here.
Mad skillz with Construction Equipment…
I came across this post on Gizmodo today, with the following video: https://youtu.be/wb98KdJzFrE?si=7ybcUQj1KC9o9TrK Years ago, when I still lived on an acreage, we had a delivery of bricks for the…
Is NASA playing with global temperature statistics?
Liars, damned liars, and statistics. Apparently, several of the most "reliable" temperature recording surveys in the world indicate that the Earth's average temperatures are actually showing a downward trend during…
Internet will be full by 2010- or so says AT&T doofus
According to Jim Cicconi, "Vice president of legislative affairs" at AT&T, the whole Internet will be completely full by 2010. If you believe Jim, 20 typical households in 2010 will…
Iron Man trailer to be adapted into full length film?!
I'm shocked and disappointed. Apparently, that Iron Man trailer I told you about some time ago is being made into a (are you sitting down?) a *movie* Are they crazy?…
Skeet shooting… with cars?
I came across this video on Gizmodo today and... well, there is something about automatic weapons, rockets, and cars instead of clay pigeons that just tickles my funny bone. The…
The Sword and the Sorcerer… a tale of my aging memory
I spent a couple of hours this weekend trying to remember the name of a movie I vaguely recall watching many years ago. It was back in the ’80s, during the era of Conan and its imitators: the era of Sword and Sorcery movies. I recall the film being kind of fun: a first rate B movie, if that makes sense. Yet I couldn’t recall a title or, with any certainty, the details of the plot.
I remembered two scenes from the movie, and possibly a third one. I wasn’t sure if perhaps I was misremembering, and combining these scenes from several different movies together into some sort of frankenmemory. I recounted my vague recollections to my nephew Shane when we were talking about other movies, and to my friend Chris, who I recall was there when I saw this particular flick all those years ago.
iPod in Space…
I came across this photo on Gizmodo and thought it was sufficiently odd to reference here: Yes, apparently that is an iPod sitting on the dashboard of the Space Shuttle…
Co-creator of D&D, Gary Gygax, dies at 69 years
I clearly remember how I first got into Dungeons and Dragons. I was 15 years old at the time. My friend Tim was a member of Mensa, and told me…
Must. See. Iron Man
I vaguely recall hearing that an Iron Man movie was in the works, but more or less ignored it. I like superhero movies when they are done well: Batman Begins…