Our Persisting Memories

The insect is large enough to be seen in satellite photos and can be seen scouring the German countryside for food. To be fair this was posted on Slashdot, but it's absolutely hilarious. Click to see the Google Maps satellite photo of the giant insect . In requisite slashdot fashion; I for one welcome our giant insect overlords.

Here's a little article that was tucked away on the Time Online about the occurence and aftermath of Hammond's crash. He may not have broken a bone, or sustained even so much as a graze in the crash, but while rolling over it’s likely he’d been subjected to mountainous G forces. His brain would have weighed something in the order of 70 stone, and it was being tossed about inside his skull at 300 revs per minute. And all the while his head was being bashed endlessly into the bars of the car’s protective roll cage. Imagine being in a washing machine on its final cycle, while being attacked by 30 burly men with pile drivers. Read the rest of the article at the Times online .

I'm sold. It takes a little while to convince a skeptic, but I admit that Global Warming is probably caused by humans. Let me preface all of this by first stating that the solutions presented as means to combat global warming have all been crap up to this point. Over the next few years more consumer solutions will be cropping up to provide reasonable alternatives to not only CO2 producing energy sources, but the energy market in general. From personal wind generators to more affordable and efficient photovoltaic systems. The cheapest consumer solution is a switch to nuclear power, with additional research and investments for low waste nuclear energy in the form of fast breeder reactors. I don't think commoditized renewable energy is cheap enough nor neutral enough to the environment to provide a permanent solution. From the disruption of life in Hydroelectric dams to the huge mineral and agricultural costs of short term biomass fuels (Ethanol, Biodiesel). Short term bio...

Apparently during filming for a segment of the BBC show Top Gear, Richard Hammond was seriously injured when the rocket car he was driving flipped over. Here are some links. The Independent BBC News Sky News Reuters.co.uk The Guardian You can continue to follow the story at the finalgear.com website. They'll be more on top of this than I am. As a note, Richard Hammond also presented the Sky TV show Braniac which airs in the US on G4TV. Here's hoping he makes a full and speedy recovery.

I was actually reticent about purchasing tool tickets when I saw that the only ones available were going to be a side view of the stage. I'm very glad I'm dropped the money for my brother and I to attend the concert. Other than my own dislike for the audio mix that day (it have had more to do with the venue rather than the band itself), the concert was amazing. They had visuals set up for every song. 3d computer animatics that were showing on the central monitor array in the center of the arena as well as being projected on the floor of the stage itself, kept us visually entertained while tool thrummed away a greatest hits list from Aenima on. They didn't play anything from Undertow, which dissappointed me a bit, but I'm sure I'll get over it. The setlist was: (here's hoping I remember it) Stinkfist The Pot 46 & 2 Jambi Schism Lost Keys Rosetta Stoned Wings For Marie 10,000 Days Lateralus Vicarious Ænema It was great to hear Wing...

Thar be certain days me'laddies, to talk like ye was pirates. Today be that DAY!! Due t' me strict adherence t' th' shipmate`s life upon this very tide I canna type too long, suffice to say thar be problems livin' in a world of bonnie collared business types. They seem t' nay need any seafarin' hearty speech. I sailed' t' a tool concert wi' me younger brudder last tides an' Spencer be comin' into town at th' end o' th' week. I`ll be havin' a review up an' some other notes soon. I`ve been busy wi' work an' school. I be wishin ye sea dogs a good day. May yer timbers hold fast and yer booty be generous. Follow this here link ter be transported t' th' Talk Like a Pirate Day Website .

I've been pretty enamored with my DS Lite lately. It's really just an excuse to play sidescrollers all over again. I bought a flashcart so I could play homebrew apps on the thing. Awesome choice on my part. We won't get into the piracy aspect of such a purchase (I call them ill-gotten games), but playing regular GB, NES, Game Gear, SMS, etc, etc on the go with such a monstrously long bettery life is amazing. I understand that if homebrew were the objective that the PSP would be the wiser purchase, but you can't play New Super Mario Bros, Kirby Canvas Curse, Sonic Rush, Castlevania: DS, etc etc almost ad infinitum, on the little Sony Power Pill. Expecially not with a 10 - 18 hour battery life. I haven't been irritated by politics enough to talk to myself in my car lately, so I don't have any rants at the moment. I would chalk that up to the upcoming elections. Recent revelations by the Bush administration not withstanding (admitting to having secret priso...

Don't worry I'm not going to poast all the articles I've missed, just the best ones. Say what you like about seals, that they’re cute and so on, but I can assure you they are incredibly badly made. The slightest tug or nudge causes bits of them to come away. Anyway, after much revving and many arguments with my wife about what sort of knot would be best, we finally had the beast on dry land. But then what? Momentarily I considered towing it to a nearby beauty spot where people were camping illegally. A rotting seal with no eyes or feet would soon clear them away. “No,” said another passing local, “you should turn it into a coat.” Click here to read the article at the Times Online .