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Decide the Fate of 756
Vote for great justice. Mark Ecko is apparently the buyer of Barry Bonds 756th home run ball. He has given we, the people, three choices for the ball’s ultimate fate: give it to Cooperstown as-is, brand it with an asterisk and THEN give it to the Hall, or shoot it into space. I’m voting brand…
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Russia Builds 'Most Powerful' Non-Nuclear Bomb; Claims it Doesn't Hurt Environment
The Russians claim it is equivalent to 44 tons of TNT, with a 990 foot blast radius. My favorite part of the article: “The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability,” said Col.-Gen. Alexander Rukshin, a deputy chief of the Russian military’s General…
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Never mind…Ankiel the Cheater
Ankiel got a full one year course of Human Growth Hormone, stopping it’s use just before it was banned by baseball. Way to take a ‘feel good’ story and turn it into yet another black eye for baseball. Ugh.
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Rick Ankiel
With all the negative/controversial stories in pro sports, I’d like to highlight one of the coolest of the current baseball season, the triumphant return of Rick Ankiel. He originally broke into the majors in 1999 and pitched a full season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2000, going 11-7. He was a Rookie of the…
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Images of Airliner Struck by Lightning
The Giz is bringing it today, following up the Jet-Powered Luge with images of a plane being struck by lightning on takeoff. Unreal. I would hate to be watching a plane take off and see that, even if I know logically that it’s safe.
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Jet-Powered Luge Breaks World Speed Record
Crazy man/2006 UK Street Luge champ Joel King strapped a 90,000 rpm jet engine to his luge, reaching a top speed of 112 mph. This is part of the Airwaves Kick It Up program, where they apparently throw large amounts of jack at people who want to ‘Kick up’ what they do to the next…
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Super-Thin Televisions
Sharp has unveiled ‘experimental’ TVs that are just 20mm thick. That’s around 3/4 of an inch for the rest of us. The gallery at the link has some examples of how a TV that size could be mounted. I WANT.
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Nifty-keen Watch
But watch out for your bank account. :) It’s called the Tellurium J. Kepler Limited, and it costs over $100,000. Only 99 will be made.
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Best Flying Device 1974 Had to Offer
No Arthur, you’re very flying! There was a ‘Rocket Belt Conference’ held at the Niagara Falls Airbase, highlighted by Eric Scott flying around with his jetpack.
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Shirt.Woot Derby!
I felt good enough about something I drew in Inkscape to enter it in Woot’s current shirt derby. My entry is ‘Meat is Off the Menu’, a parody of The Punisher. :D
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Rant: Prefoamed Hand Soap
Prefoaming hand soap is the downfall of civilization. Seriously, when did people get so fracking lazy that they can’t make their own soap foam up? I don’t know about you, but I never stood in front of the sink in the bathroom thinking ‘You know, I’m having a hell of a time getting this soap…
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Milestones Met
Bonds, Glavine and A-Rod all took care of business since last I blogged. Well, Bonds tied but has yet to exceed Hank Aaron’s home run total.
