DARPA’s Finest Moment: The Gay Bomb
Someone please tell me that this “Gay Bomb” story is an elaborate hoax. Please. Seriously, it sounds like something out of an early-eighties parody movie. GIS for “Gay Bomb:”
Technology
Happy Summer Fantasies
Just think of what the world would be like in ten years if some guy’s invention turned saltwater into an energy-efficient fuel for internal combustion engines (what waste product is created, salt?), or if shale oil extraction became economically viable,… Continue Reading
Chrysler Sold For $7.4B
DaimlerBenz is selling an 80% stake in Chrysler to a U.S.-based VC firm for $7.4 billion. Daimler bought Chrysler for $37 billion ten years ago, so this represents a loss of more than two billion dollars a year since then.… Continue Reading
EZ Move? I Think Not
Earlier this week, I called the Verizon “EZ Move” number because I was sick unto death of getting wrong numbers from Knoxville. See, nearly three years after we got a land line there that used to belong to a contractor,… Continue Reading
The Dry Po
Imagine if the Ohio River ran dry. Or some other major river like the Arkansas, Missouri, or the upper Mississippi. In fact, the Colorado River does run dry, or very close to it, by the end of its course at… Continue Reading
How To Use Powerpoint Effectively
Motivators
I don’t know why it took me so long to do it, but I’ve found a site that creates parodies of those annoying “motivator” posters. You know the ones — a black background with a beautiful picture in the middle,… Continue Reading
Dream Big
This is kind of a far-out proposal. But then again, so were the ideas of space tourism, instant communication across continents, replacing monarchs with democracies, and transporting fresh water 100 miles to urban centers. We need people who think of… Continue Reading
Introducing the Apple iRack!
Pessimistic but funny.
Think The Unthinkable
The Wife suggested last night that we get rid of all of our televisions and not replace them. There was a time that I did not have a television and was perfectly happy not watching TV, ever. I read books… Continue Reading