Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
The Stark, Raving Madness of Phil Davison, GOP Candidate for Stark County Treasurer
September 11th, 2010I was thinking that a Monkey Boy routine was going to break out at any moment: Research Credit: JH
Big Picture Gallery: Russia in Color, a Century Ago
August 24th, 2010Via: Big Picture / Boston Globe: With images from southern and central Russia in the news lately due to extensive wildfires, I thought it would be interesting to look back in time with this extraordinary collection of color photographs taken between 1909 and 1912. In those years, photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic […]
Tony Robbins Issues Financial Collapse Warning
August 23rd, 2010Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update: My Commentary Is Off Topic I don’t know what came over me with the commentary below about my absurd attempt to make it as a real estate agent. Robbins’ voice is powerfully associated with my grim End Day experience in […]
Copenhagen Suborbitals
August 22nd, 2010Homebrew submarine: Check Homebrew rocket: Check Homebrew sealaunch platform: Check The countdown is running on the test flight: The micro spacecraft (MSC) Tycho Brahe-1 is the payload of the HEAT booster. It is a pressurized volume providing support for one upright standing/half-sitting person, with a full view through a polymer plexiglas-dome to experience the entire […]
New Amazon Kindle
July 29th, 2010The new wifi only Kindle for $139 looks very tempting to me. I won’t be buying any ebooks, but I have tons of documents in PDF. The problem is that I never did get used to reading for pleasure on my regular flat panel display. I think of pleasure reading as something that happens away […]
300 Actions a Minute? Truly Mastering StarCraft
July 8th, 2010Madness. Via: Ars: Many gamers think that with a little more time to practice, with a touch more dedication, they could be competitive at their favorite games. The truth? Those who make money gaming competitively do very little else with their days, nights, and weekends. This video, from the documentary The Hax Life, shows just […]
Routing Solution for Multiple Mobile Broadband Links in New Zealand
June 27th, 2010Off topic post, you may want to skip it. — I’ve decided that it’s not OK that we were dumped off the Internet for several days. So, short of moving, what can I do to make sure that the Internet is available here? Becky and I both run Internet based businesses and Telecom just really […]
Montana: Tornado Destroys Rimrock Auto Arena
June 21st, 2010The only reason I’m posting this is because you have to see the video. Via: AP: A tornado that ripped the roof off a sports arena in Billings, Mont., Sunday evening also tore through businesses, damaging a bar and a casino and leaving just the walls of an auto glass shop standing. The tornado struck […]
Jupiter Loses a Stripe
May 13th, 2010Via: New Scientist: Jupiter has lost one of its prominent stripes, leaving its southern half looking unusually blank. Scientists are not sure what triggered the disappearance of the band. Jupiter’s appearance is usually dominated by two dark bands in its atmosphere – one in the northern hemisphere and one in the southern hemisphere. But recent […]
‘Starving Yogi’ Astounds Indian Scientists
May 11th, 2010Via: AFP: An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period. Prahlad Jani spent a fortnight in a hospital in the western India state of Gujarat under constant surveillance from a team of […]
