Time Travel Kitchen I’ll tell you what: If we must label it, let’s call it “Neo-Victorian” from the start, since there’s nothing...
Jonathan Winters is Still Alive? Before I write another word, I must say that I consider it hugely rude to comment on older performers...
Music For Music Nerds: The Chapman Stick Never heard of the Chapman Stick? You’re not alone. You could spend your whole life playing Armenian hammered dulcimer,...
Virginia Women Pwn Record for All-Female Head-down Formation Skydive Lindley Estes at the Fredricksburg (Virginia) Free Lance Star reports that a team from tandem skydiving outfit Skydive Orange...
Bedford, England’s Forgotten Airship Legacy When German experimental psychologist Dr. Hugo Eckener set the first of his major airship records with the first intercontinental...
Unlogo Removes Corporate Logos and Signage From Videos If you look at Adbusters’ Corporate Flag, you’ll be able to name more companies than you’d expect. That’s the...
Twitter Meme Tracker “Truthy” Targets Political Astroturfing, Is Delightful Data Pr0n Say hello to Truthy, and data nerds say goodbye to the next few hours of your life. This meme...
High Pressure Experiments Duplicate Conditions 1,800 Miles Underground As a dedicated Hollow Earth Nerd, I’m always fascinated by the idea of structures hundreds or thousands of miles...
New Words AGAIN!?!?!?!? WTF!?!?!?!?!? Yes, it’s about that time of year. The WTF? New Words!!! time of year. Making the rounds of blogs...
Carnegie Mellon’s Robot Census Meanwhile, in other robot news today, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon’s Robotic Institute is taking time off from...