The exploding whale

Jun 02, 2008 in Fun, Weird

…or… what not to do. We can all relate to the Oregon officials that thought they had a good idea that turned out to have unexpected consequences.

Oh, by the way, this is verified true by snopes.com.

And you can visit the longstanding, low-tech website: The Infamous Exploding Whale.

[Slashdot] [Digg] [Reddit] [del.icio.us] [Facebook] [Technorati] [Google] [StumbleUpon]

Segway inventor Kamen with new invention for wounded veterans

May 31, 2008 in Tech Stuff

Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway, has a new invention that is amazing. He developed it at the request of the US Government in order to help wounded Iraq Veterans who are coming home without arms. It is a prosthetic arm that has highly sensitive tactile ability.

Follow the link, watch the video. It is amazing.

[Slashdot] [Digg] [Reddit] [del.icio.us] [Facebook] [Technorati] [Google] [StumbleUpon]

Mathemagic

Apr 21, 2008 in Family, Fun

For my beautiful and loving wife, the Math nerd.

[edit - Actually, my wife, said math nerd, checked him and he did miss two of the three digit numbers. It takes a math nerd to want to check the mathemagician. She says, while sitting next to me, “Accuracy is important in math.” Of course it is. That’s why she’s the best.

[Slashdot] [Digg] [Reddit] [del.icio.us] [Facebook] [Technorati] [Google] [StumbleUpon]