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Future “beef rice” reminds me of a cereal from the Seventies
I’m not going to make the same lazy jokes Colbert went with on this creation. Personally, I think it could be a step in the right direction alongside lab-grown chicken nuggets. My first thought when I saw it brought back … Continue reading
1984: Forty years of the Macintosh!
I remember this day quite well, believe it or not. What I failed to recall would be which Super Bowl teams played (Washington v. the LA Raiders) and the events I’m writing about were really on the 22nd, we just … Continue reading
Truth in advertising!
How I just wish this atrocity wasn’t made in the Austin area, or closer to Bastrop. Either way, it’s the ugliest and most impractical piece of crap since the El Camino or DeLorean and with less horsepower. You can find clips … Continue reading
1994: Valeri Polyakov leaves for Mir
Despite the Russians being demonized for their dictator’s invasion of Ukraine, we should not poo poo on its people’s pretty awesome accomplishments in moving the whole human race forward in Science nor Space Travel. On this day Dr. Polyakov went … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, History, Science & Technology
Tagged Nineties, Space Exploration
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The weird part is that it didn’t come with any batteries
And if you must know, I didn’t receive any LEGO sets for Christmas from Jennifer or any member of her family. They think I have too many. NEVER!
Posted in Ecology, Humor, Physics, Pictures, Science & Technology
Tagged Cars, Humor
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Kid, you told your uncle you wanted a switch
This is why you should be very when you ask that bachelor uncle who works in IT on what you want for Christmas. Besides, if you don’t want it, I’m sure the same uncle will find a use for it … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Humor, Pictures, Science & Technology
Tagged Christmas Present, Humor
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A very cool, handmade gift!
Check out this bottle opener my friend Marian manufactured and gave me! It’s pretty cool because she made it in her garage as part of her new hobby of creating things like an old-timey blacksmith! Marian also created and gave … Continue reading
It doesn’t matter if it’s fake…
I can see Jay Leno adding this hilariously awful vehicle to his collection. I just can’t see how Tesla claims this crudely TRON-like monstrosity is a truck. Even the car Homer made that destroyed his brother’s car company is a … Continue reading
Yet my cats only have GEDs
After they master this, they will figure out how occupy all the good sleeping spots at the same time.
Finally deployed/migrated to my new M3!
Greetings from my new M3 MacBook Pro! It arrived mid last week which is pretty sweet given how Apple only announced their existence a fortnight ago (I don’t like to repeat if I can find a similar word). It lives … Continue reading
Why the GOP and the Economist are full of crap, Nov. 23
I need to have this handy for all the dickheads, usually right-wing economists and their flunkies, when they attack the Green New Deal or environmental legislation that allegedly kills jerbs! None of it will matter if we’re dead and/or slowly … Continue reading
Check out my latest Final Cut Pro work!
This was originally shot at Dragon’s Lair which I thought was the appropriate venue but there was too much background noise when the Magic or Pokemon tournament got rollin’. Dubbing over wasn’t working out because I had ad libbed the … Continue reading
1953: Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” speech
On this day, President Eisenhower spoke before the UN General Assembly to promote the peaceful, positive applications of nuclear discoveries. Instead of weapons, why not harness nuclear fission to provide electricity! Given how much I think Ike was one of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Fifties, Nuclear War, Opinion
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Relearned some High School Physics I didn’t learn
Maybe I was out that week in Physics class in 1986. I do remember we spent way too many weeks on vectors, fulcrums and the stuff about lenses was boring. We never got nuclear or atomic stuff but near graduation, … Continue reading
Posted in D & D, Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged 2300 AD, Science Fiction, Traveller
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New for me in iOS 17, cat stickers!
iOS 17 was released this week and for once (or maybe, first in a while), I got to enjoy a new feature, stickers! You create them pretty quickly in Photos. Then you add them to your ready-to-go stickers in Messages. … Continue reading