Meat Is Murder…Delicious Delicious Murder.
Is vegetarianism dead? Maybe not, but it doesn’t seem as trendy and popular as it did a few years ago.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Archive for January, 2010
Just Don’t Wear A Red Shirt On Away Missions
From Digital Spy, hands-on with the upcoming ‘Star Trek Online’ MMO game.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Car Thief Suspect Found Playing Grand Theft Auto
Finally, proof from the AP that playing Grand Theft Auto will lead to a life of crime…or possibly vice-versa: Sheriff’s deputies in central Florida found a suspected car thief playing the “Grand Theft Auto” video game, and they later charged him with just that. Polk County deputies investigating the theft of a 1998 Dodge Durango [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Like New Soviet Fighter – Only $5 Million
Via Wired’s Autotopia blog, buy a fully functional SU-27 ‘Flanker’ Soviet fighter jet for the low low price of $5 million. Finally get revenge on Maverick and Goose.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Besler Steam Plane, circa 1933
Steam powered flight! From the YouTube description: A Travel Air 2000 biplane made the world’s first piloted flight under steam power over Oakland, California, on 12 April 1933. The strangest feature of the flight was its relative silence; spectators on the ground could hear the pilot when he called to them from mid-air. The aircraft, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sea Slug Is Part Animal, Part Plant
A very cool sea slug – it produces chlorophyll and can live indefinitely on only sunlight. A green sea slug appears to be part animal, part plant. It’s the first critter discovered to produce the plant pigment chlorophyll. The sneaky slugs seem to have stolen the genes that enable this skill from algae that they’ve [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Calorie Confusion
NY Times: Claimed calorie counts often wrong: Anyone who counts calories by using the figures on menus in fast-food restaurants or on the packages of frozen meals may want to count again. When researchers tested the food served in 29 chain restaurants and 10 frozen meals sold in supermarkets, they found that their calorie content [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Get Lost On Hulu
Seasons 1 – 5 of Lost are available on Hulu. I lost interest halfway through season 1, but maybe it’s time for a second look.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windows 64 vs. Windows 32
Via Lifehacker, a comprehensive overview of the differences between 64 bit and 32 bit Windows.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What To Watch This Year
Midseason TV 2010: January premieres and notable returns.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Audiences feeling blue after seeing Avatar
Seriously? James Cameron’s completely immersive spectacle “Avatar” may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Migraines and Light Sensitivity
Researchers may be close to understanding why bright light worsens migraine headache pain.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Netflix Agrees To Warner Bros.’ 28 Day Waiting Period
This agreement will encourage piracy more than it will protect Warner’s lagging DVD sales. Hopefully, it will at least open up more movies to streaming. Warner Bros. has signed a new agreement that will bring the studio’s new releases to Netflix in DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming form—a month after the original DVD release. [via Ars [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )I, for one, welcome our robot reporter overlords
Via ReadWriteWeb, robot reporters: One hour ago, three emergency vehicles responded to a report of an unconscious person at the world headquarters of Nike Inc. in Portland, Oregon. How do I know? An automated form-pumping robot from startup company Nozzl Media told me. Nozzl Media today unveiled a demonstration of its first product, a widget [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Online Game Sites For Wii
Most Wii owners may already know this, but there are plenty of free game sites online that are Wii compatible. We’ve been playing lots of fun (and free!) games with the Wii’s web browser (Internet Channel). The best game site we’ve found so far is WiiPlayable, which is nicely formatted for the Wii’s browser. My [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Enable Windows 7 Secret God Mode
Via jkOnTheRun: God Mode is easy to set up too, just do this: Create a new folder anywhere. Rename the folder by pasting this name exactly as it appears (copy it first): GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Opening the GodMode folder reveals over 280 links (I counted 283) to tweak and change almost every imaginable system setting.
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