Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Mr. Tomorrow never misses an ironic angle. For example, now that the Taliban and Mr. bin Laden are “Public Enemy Number One,” what is our duty as patriots?

While Surfing through Blogdex, I found a page about fighting with rubber bands. Not that I condone such behavior (Especially since, as a nerd, I never was very good at shooting rubber bands in grade school.)–but the page has a … Continue reading →

Maglev trains Using the ballast of fluorescent lights to transmit data Sending e-mail to random recipients Bugs working in chips Bugs eating chips One, two pages about a promising new cancer treatment Progress in AI and robotics, including a robot … Continue reading →

Here’s a question: How come we don’t say “Czechia, ” “Czechland” or just “Czech” as opposed to “Czech Republic?” French come from France. Japanese come from Japan. Argentines come from Argentina. Poles come from Poland. Slovaks come from Slovakia. How … Continue reading →

Back in the late Eighties, a soon to be old dear friend of mine introduced me to the Flaming Carrot. My sensibilities have been warped ever since.

What I need is some more commentary on this site. Hmm. Maybe I should have two sites. A personal site and professional site. Have to think about that. Anyway, in the spirit of Gary Larson, B Kliban and Gahan Wilson … Continue reading →

Mr. Gamut sent me a story about a boyscout who tried to build a breeder reactor in his mother’s backyard shed. Lord Odinmank sent me the result of using Lego to pry into secrets humanity was not meant to know. … Continue reading →

This is a public announcement! Do not enter the main factory! Apparently, a misplaced plutonium bolt has mutated serveral termites into giant, man-eating monsters! We repeat, do not enter the main factory building! Our last testing cow came out 30 … Continue reading →

Today a friend sent me The Silicon Graphics Refrigerator Project. And last night I finished tweaking this page of images. Joe Bob says check it out.

You know those wireless gadgets with the little thumb keyboards that people use to send e-mail and chat with? I’ve decided to call those “mbiras.” An mbira is an African musical instrument, most commonly found in Zimbabwe, that is held … Continue reading →