The World Health Organization posted a report on their study of the health effects from the Fukushima disaster, which can be found here The long and the short of it (and at 172 pages, it is not really a short report) is that infants in the areas most exposed in Fukushima Prefecture may have a very slightly increased risk of certain cancers, ( Read more... )

My old laptop having died I bought a new one yesterday, which came with Windows 8. I figured it's the new thing, so might as well give it a try. Worst case scenario, I downgrade it to Windows 7. There are a few distinct annoyances about Windows 8, largely having to do with not being able to do what I want. They removed the Start button and ( Read more... )

Memberships open this Saturday, Feb 16, for general badge sales.

Every year I try to get this done by Jan. 1 and every year I end up failing. December is such a hectic month that I don't really have time to sit and reflect until after it's over. Also, I like setting goals for the next year at the same time as I review what worked and what didn't the year before. So I've decided to get the retrospective and ( Read more... )

From a stage-end interview:

Driver: "I'm going to push like bleep tomorrow, and I hope everyone will be out there on the stages watching."

Interviewer: "I hope they keep their clothes on."

This being Rally Sweden and the fans being Norwegian, the interviewer's concern is quite justified. :)

Where can I find some subsonic ink? All my notes are written in ordinary ink, and they are just so noisy! If they were written with subsonic ink maybe I could ignore them.

This post brought to you by a line in Arrow about a document written in "... sub-sonic, ultra-violet invisible ink."

There was a brand-new GT-R in the parking lot today. I feel honored.

I know several of my friends have had Lasik (or some form of laser corrective eye surgery.) What was your experience? How have you liked the results?

While not on level of knowing the gravitational pull of Degobah, I offer my own trifling contribution to the collective "fans are scary":

The shot of a pagoda used in a recent Warehouse 13 episode and incorrectly labeled as being in Kyoto is, in fact, not in Kyoto, but at Hase-dera in Nara Prefecture, roughly 40 miles away. I submit for you as ( Read more... )

Dragons: Riders of Berk, a TV show based on Hos to Train Your Dragon starts this Tuesday. What I saw at SDCC looked pretty awesome.

Yay!