Category Archives: Interesting Stuff

A Pitstop in the Elections

I was perusing the Elections section in Google News this morning when half way down the page I found this:

Vacaville, CA (KCRA) - A California man popped the hood of his truck and saw a pair of eyes looking back at him.
“When I opened it up there were a pair of eyes staring at me [...]

Have You Seen The Flickr Blog?

There are plenty of photo blogs out there but one of the better ones you may not have considered is the Flickr Blog. This blog includes some of the best Flickr photo’s within various member’s posts just like the great shot below from this post by Heather Champ I ran across:
Photo from myn91
Looks like [...]

And You Think You Have Snow?

Washington State Department of Transportation
In this photo released by the Washington State Department of Transportation, a large plow tries to clear the snow after an avalanche fell from the east on Snoqualmie Pass in Washington state, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008. Periodic heavy snow began falling in Eastern Washington and northern Idaho over the weekend, [...]

Popular Science Now Using Drupal

One of the old standards that I have kept loyally by my side over the years is Popular Science magazine. From the days of the old Wordless Workshop to today’s version it’s always been an old favorite of mine. So imagine my surprise when I banged into the Popular Science website to find the whole [...]

Goodbye Netscape. You were the first.

AOL kills the old and venerable Netscape browser. Discontinues all support by February 1, 2008.

Animusic’s Pipe Dreams

The first time I saw this I actually had to watch it three times just to make sure it wasn’t real. As a lover of music and spending many years in the field (before I lost my hearing), I absolutely fell in love with this. It’s been out for quite awhile now, in fact this [...]

First Blogger, now LiveJournal

Users of the Internet, especially those of the Blogosphere know all too well how fast things can change but this just about beats them all. LiveJournal has been sold off to the Russions:
The owner of LiveJournal, a blogging and social-networking site, agreed yesterday to sell the company to SUP, a Russian online media company, in [...]

I Want My Own Missile Silo!

After reading reading this post over at WebUrbanist, I’ve decided that this is my new goal in life. To own an abandoned abandoned missile silo. Man! Talk about the ultimate basement! Hell, all I’d need is a hatch opening onto a front porch topside and the rest could be all underground.
Nope, not a hatch…an elevator!
Turn [...]