I just wanted to say a quick thanks to Lauren for the birthday card she made me. Sorry we didn't get to come by for your party - but there will be others (who knows, we may even host one.... *gasps ( Read more... )

some nutjobs at Pioneer have developed a new type of blu-ray disc (which is just like a DVD, but holds 5x as much data - they stand a chance at holding the movies of the future)... and they made it out of corn....


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Apple iPod: Ashlee Simpson Karaoke Edition

hahahaha

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from the "this-is-why-people-don't-respect-scientists-enough" department:

Wobby Aussies fail squat-to-pee test

much respect to El Reg for keeping my cynicism level high. Thanks.

i know i'm probably the 10,000,000th person to say this on the internet, but i fucking love all this ashley simpson biz that's been going on. not only did she pull a milli-vanilli on *live*, national television.... but she did a little jig. she must've missed that day at mickey-mouse-club boot camp when minnie got all coked out and screamed at them ( Read more... )

whilst clearing out my spam folder (which has to be done manually at by BC account), i found a bit of unsolicited email from this wonderful company.

http://www.heightmax.com/

too bad they don't know that I'm already six feet and nine inches tall. (well over two meters for the metric folk)

A group of scientists have figured a way to build a molecular structure in only two dimensions.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/21/two_dimensional_carbon/

not to sound like a dork, but that is sooooooo fucking cool

I was up until 2:30 in the morning last night trying to do work. Unfortunately i've actually developed some interest in sports, so that most of my efforts were for nought until the sox pulled it off... at 1:00 am ( Read more... )

wow...

Oliver Cromwell wanted to start a Space Program. Of course, his spaceship was driven by gunpowder and spring-powered bird wings....