Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
London Undergroun Expansion Is Largest Civil Engineering Project in Europe
March 16th, 2012Via: BBC: Tunnelling work is about to begin on a grand scale in London as the £16bn Crossrail project gets set to build 26 miles (42km) of tunnels beneath the capital. The first of eight highly specialised Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM), which each weigh nearly 1,000 tonnes, is being positioned at Royal Oak in west […]
Awesome Power of Kickstarter: Digital Bolex Project
March 15th, 2012They’re triple the goal after just a couple of days. Via: Kickstarter: Related: Digital Bolex
Open Thread: Space Doom
March 8th, 2012Lots of people like to submit Space Doom stories. Even though I wouldn’t normally post about this stuff, some of the boards I read (which rarely have any credible information on them anyway) are losing their minds over this solar flare event, which I doubt will amount to much, if anything at all. I think […]
The Virgin Father of Fifteen Children—And Counting
March 1st, 2012As I was reading this, I lapsed into thinking, “This is a cool sci-fi story.” Except… It’s not a sci-fi story. Anyway, I would be curious to know what Arsenault’s Aspie-Rating-Picture looks like… Via: New York Magazine: Trent Arsenault has never had sex, but he’s the father of fifteen children—and counting. The more he antagonizes […]
The Boy Who Played with Fusion
February 19th, 2012One for your bulging Parents-of-Sons file folder… Via: Popular Science: One afternoon, Tiffany ducked her head out of the door to the garage and spotted Taylor, in his canary yellow nuclear-technician’s coveralls, watching a pool of liquid spreading across the concrete floor. “Tay, it’s time for supper.” “I think I’m going to have to clean […]
25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore
January 31st, 2012Funny and sad, all at once. Via: Salon: 1. People are getting rid of bookshelves. Treat the money you budgeted for shelving as found money. Go to garage sales and cruise the curbs. 2. While you’re drafting that business plan, cut your projected profits in half. People are getting rid of bookshelves. 3. If someone […]
VoIP POTS Adapters
January 20th, 2012I’ve finally had it with Telecom’s criminal line rental fees. I’ve been testing a VoIP provider’s (2talk) softphone over my mobile broadband connections and it works fine. Using VoIP for our telephone service will save us at least NZ$50 per month. Ok, so I need a POTS adapter. The Linksys SPA2102 is widely available in […]
Side by Side
January 20th, 2012Via: Side by Side: Side by Side Official Trailer (2012) from Company Films on Vimeo. Related: Eastman Kodak Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Researchers Drilling Thousands of Meters Into Frozen Antarctic Lake
January 19th, 2012Via: Science Magazine: Along with all the festivities surrounding the anniversary of explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s reaching the South Pole on 17 January 1912, Antarctic researchers are at the edge of their seats waiting for news that will merit another celebration. The centennial coincides with an expected new landmark: This week, a Russian team drilling […]
TT3D: Closer to the Edge
January 15th, 2012Note: This has absolutely nothing to do with Cryptogon-related topics. My brother in law gave me TT3D: Closer to the Edge, but when I realized that it was about motorcycle racing, I almost didn’t watch it. I have no interest in motorcycle racing. I had never heard about the Isle of Man TT race before […]
