Where’s Gary Larson when you need him? You may recall a “Far Side” cartoon titled “Ways Nature says ‘do not touch’” that featured a puffer fish, a coiled snake, one other animal that I don’t recall and a man standing…
RedHat officially released RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0 today. This marks the first time that the 2.6 Linux kernel will be appearing in RHEL, as well as Evolution 2.0, GNOME 2.8 and a whole host of other upgrades, all of which…
You don’t say! In other news: Ford Motor Company: Pinto “Incredible”, Edsel “Astounding” Democratic National Committee: Howard Dean “Best. Chariman. Ever.” Kevin Costner: Waterworld “Oscar-worthy”
If you followed the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn very closely, you’d remember that one poor scientist’s pet experiment on the Huygens probe bound for Saturn’s moon Titan apparently malfunctioned because someone forgot to turn it on. Have no fear, though,…
And, as quick as you can say “Jack Sprat”, an enterprising technology enthusiast has posted a fairly in-depth dissection of exactly how Google is performing the technological wizzardry behind Google Maps. It’s a tad bit geeky, but then, what’d you…
Have you tried out Google Maps (beta) yet? No? Still using MapQuest, eh? Cease and desist, puny mortal, for Google Maps rules all map sites with an iron fist! It’s an impressive beast, to say the least. No more entering…
Kudos to the submitter of the following headline linking to a CNN story about the Hubble: There once was a spacecraft named Hubble, Whose finances fell into trouble. When its budget runs dry, It will fall from the sky And…
Apparently GMail recently upped its “invite a friend” quota to an unholy 50(!) per user, meaning that I now have 50 GMail invites burning a virtual hole in my virtual pocket. Leave a comment and your email address (soandso -at-…
Subtitle: Why I haven’t posted much until now (as interpreted through a commonly recognized/often imitated/well-nigh cliched television commercial concept). Owning a tape library that breaks down and eats a tape: $0. Spending all day with a service technician verifying that,…
I get Think Geek‘s email catalog on a fairly regular basis and today’s edition held something so impossibly cool that I simply must have it: The Room Defender. It’s a stinkin’ Nerf autocannon, straight out of Aliens. I simply must…
