10 Top Tech Towns

Using highly scientific methodology as well as algorithms snuck out of NASA and Google, we analyzed cities across the US to find the top 10 places to get your geek on.

40 Photos of Abandonned Amusement Park

Some very interesting photos. Awful site hosting them, but the photos are very good.

The world's first radio broadcast took place a hundred years ago on Christmas Eve 1906.

BBC World Service Discovery -
Fessenden: King of the Radio Waves



The broadcast, a programme of live music, readings and phonograph recordings, was transmitted to ships in the Atlantic Ocean by Reginald Fessenden – a prolific inventor largely forgotten by history.

Responsible Holiday Drinking

Responsible Holiday Drinking

People tend to drink more over the holiday season. How will you drink responsibly this year?

Theresa Carr,
Systems Analyst
"I'm trying to schedule so I it get it all done before lunch."

Bolton Steps Down

John Bolton, the American delegate to the UN, will step down when the current term runs out. What do you think?

No iPods To Kim Jong Il

Sean McGill,
Shoe Salesman
"This won't do a damn thing. Everybody knows Zune is the preferred MP3 player of the Axis of Evil."

Allara Jones,
Systems Analyst
"Ouch! Right in the middle of the North Korean Christmas shopping season, too."


Kai Thornton,
Large Truck Mechanic
"I don't know what good it will do to impose petty sanctions tailored specifically to annoy a crazy foreign leader with nuclear weapons, but what can it hurt?"

Parting Words For VHS Tapes, Soon to Be Gone With the Rewind

Parting Words For VHS Tapes, Soon to Be Gone With the Rewind

By Jen Chaney
Special to The Washington Post
Sunday, August 28, 2005; Page N01

VHS -- the beloved videotape format that bravely won the war against Betamax and charmed millions of Americans by allowing them to enjoy mindless Hollywood entertainment without leaving their homes -- has died at the age of 29. It passed away peacefully after a long illness caused by chronic technological insignificance and a lack of director's commentary tracks.

No one knows exactly when this once-valued objet de home entertainment began its journey toward that previously-viewed-video bin in the sky. Some say it was March 1997, when the slimmer, sexier DVD was introduced to American consumers. Others pin the time of death to the week of June 15, 2003, when DVD rentals first topped those of VHS. And there are some -- technophobic, time-warped souls who still keep their Erol's Video membership cards in their wallets -- who argue that VHS isn't deceased at all. It's just, well, resting its eyes.

A vulture walks onto a plane...

A vulture walks onto a plane with two dead raccoons. The stewardess stops him, and says "I'm sorry, sir, but only one carrion allowed per passenger"

HBO SPECIAL Hacking Democracy - Google Video

HBO SPECIAL Hacking Democracy - Google Video

Eisenhower's Prescient Message: The Military Industrial Complex

Almost 50 years ago, President Eisenhower, in this excerpt from his farewell address, warned us that, "in the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." Was his vision of the future correct?

Video with music by Phillip Glass.

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Bush 41 Christens Navy Ship

Recently, President George H.W. Bush christened a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier bearing his name. What do you think?


Brenna Gold,

Herbalist

"That's a bad idea. The last thing George Bush named after himself sank pretty fast."

Ann Coulter involved In Illegal Voting Case: Could Face Prison if Guilty

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation into whether she voted in the wrong precinct, so the case will be turned over to prosecutors. Knowingly voting in the wrong precinct is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

I hope this is true, that she did do it , and she becomes a convicted felon with her right to vote revoked. Karma can be a bitch; especialy if you are one....




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Meteor Destroys German Cottage...

Reuters | Posted October 21, 2006 12:27 PM

AP
A fire that destroyed a cottage near Bonn and injured a 77-year-old man was probably caused by a meteor and witnesses saw an arc of blazing light in the sky, German police said on Friday.

Burkhard Rick, a spokesman for the police in Siegburg east of Bonn, said the fire gutted the cottage and badly burned the man's hands and face in the incident on October 10.

i-Pod flashmobbers dance in their hundreds at station

Hundreds of people descended on Liverpool Street station for the biggest ever turnout for the latest internet craze - mobile clubbing.




Armed with MP3 players loaded with favourite tracks the "clubbers" arrived on the concourse just after 7pm last night. Students, business people and office workers danced in silence as they listened to their iPods among commuters listening to announcements about late trains.

Details of the time and venue were sent by email. The event is similar to the flash mobbing movement pioneered in New York which involved large numbers of people gathering to conduct bizarre activities.

One commuter said: "It was entertaining if strange to see all these people gyrating to their own beat. It was the Soul Train arriving at platform one."

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Lindz and Matt getting ready for Halloween.

Mooning Amtrak Trains, Southern California USA

Mooning Amtrak Trains, Southern California USA: "28th Annual Mooning of Amtrak
2nd Annual Mooning of Metrolink
All Day Saturday, July 14, 2007, Laguna Niguel, (Orange County) California, U.S.A."


now, i wonder why people think my home state is, well, odd......

Welcome to the Netherlands?

Goes to show you just how passive-aggressive the Dutch can be :)

somebody has a lot of free time...but it is cool







Matchstick Marvels will be taking you on an enchanted trip to J. K. Rowling's world of Harry Potter this year. Acton will be displaying his matchstick version of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the Matchstick Marvels museum in Gladbrook, IA. The model is based on Hollywood's version of Hogwarts seen in the Harry Potter blockbuster movies. When finished in December of this year, it will contain over a half-million matchsticks held together with 15 gallons of carpenter's wood glue.

Dutch: Earth's Tallest Humans

Found on Digg..... hum, wonder if there is something to this. Half my family is from the Nederlands, and we are all pretty tall folk. My daughters are pretty tall, too, much taller than their Mom and her family - they are all kinda little folk :)


In the last 150 years, the Dutch have become the tallest people on Earth, and experts say they're still getting bigger. It is a tale of a country's health and wealth. Many Dutch are much taller than average. So many, in fact, that four years ago the government adjusted building codes to raise the standards for door frames and ceilings.

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Possessed Demon Cat From Hell!

This is one seriously pissed off cat...someone please call a priest!



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