Bombast and Thunder

Friday, August 15, 2008

Techspeak In Action

English Translation: I am checking a hard drive.

Fanboy Webbing Invitation

How did this guy get his soon-to-be wife to agree to this?

I Said No Fires, Punk

Threadless T-Shirts strikes again with another great t-shirt.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Nostalgia en Espanol

Her is an old photo of my sister and me taken in Nogales, Mexico. The banner in the photo says 1971. That make me four and my sister five.

Bread Heads

Believe it or not, all of these body parts are made of bread.

A Robot With A Biological Brain

Check out this article on ZDNET. Can SkyNet be far behind? Cmdr. Data from Star Trek didn't even have a biological brain...but the Borg did.

A Swedish wrestler threw down his Bronze medal during the awards ceremony over a disagreement by judges in an early match. He claimed that his loss to the eventual Gold medalist was 'political'. Ahhhhh, can you smell the Olympic spirit?

OUTRAGE! Man Dies Horribly in Immigration Custody

Don't get me wrong, I think that US immigration policies need to be enforced...strongly. But, read this story of the horrible death of a basically innocent guy who was in need of medical treatment (for spinal cancer) during his detention. No matter what he had done (which his fault is debatable due to a clerical screw-up) he still deserved to be treated humanely. People are outraged that some cops killed two dogs in a botched police raid in Maryland (it was all over CNN), but this human was basically tortured to death and I have not heard anything about it. Disgusting! In my opinion the case is best summed up by pointing out that those responsible were private contractors working for the Department of Homeland Security. Not enough oversight or training get you results like this every time.

Has Anyone Seen Clifford, the Big Red Dog?

I did a double take when I read this headline: Inflatable faeces raises a stink

I think Clifford has been to this Swiss town.

Oil Sculptures

Sachiko Kodama, associate professor at Tokyo’s University of Electro-Communications, creates kick-ass sculptures by manipulating magnetically charged oil with powerful electromagnets. I think the electromagnets are the sharp cones sticking out of the oil.