September 2012
21 posts
GoPro STOLEN by a SEAGULL!! - Unique San Francisco... →
A San Francisco sunset one woman will never forget! It’s a funny flying video of how a seagull stole her GoPro camera, flew over the water in front of Golden Gate Bridge and how the camera incredibly managed to survive, recording everything!
Warning: Do Not Buy Chris Brown’s Album →
In addition to the parental advisory label on Chris Brown’s new album, copies of “Fortune” sold in one of London’s HMV stores were temporarily plastered with another warning. Just in case you somehow forgot that the singer assaulted Rihanna in 2009, a bright yellow sticker proclaimed, “Warning Do Not Buy This Album! This Man Beats Women.”
A representative for HMV told E! News last week the...
Can the McRib Save Christmas? →
McDonald’s Delays Cult Favorite to Boost December Comps
It seems the economy, weird weather and other 2011 / 2012 oddities have affected every aspect of our lives. Now even the Mcrib sandwich from McDonalds has been affected. I am no fan of McDonalds due to their continued spiral of quality of their products. The hamburger meat no longer tastes like meat, specially my previous favorites the...
Words Used At the US National Conventions →
A comparison of how often speakers at the two presidential nominating conventions used different words and phrases, based on an analysis of transcripts from the Federal News Service. Over all, the word ‘science’ was used only three times at the Republican convention, and eight times at the Democratic convention.
Woman Suing Walmart for Ripping up $100 Bills →
A woman in Texas is putting her money where her mouth is, suing Walmart after a cashier and manager intentionally ripped two of her $100 bills and detained her for hours after they suspected the currency was counterfeit.
According to a document from the 150th Judicial District Court in Bexar County, TX, Julia Garcia said she was Christmas shopping for her children at a Walmart store in the San...
Chemical Brain Preservation: How to Live "Forever" →
A number of neuroscientists, working today with simple model organisms, are investigating the hypothesis that chemical brain preservation may inexpensively preserve the organism’s memories and mental states after death. Chemically preserved brains can be stored at room temperature in cemeteries, contract storage, even private homes. Our 501c3 nonprofit organization, the Brain Preservation...
Zombie Apocalypse Training: HALO Corp. To Train... →
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ready for a zombie apocalypse. Gun owners got prepared for a zombie apocalypse. Now, the military and law enforcement are getting ready.
And next month, they’ll begin training.
Security firm HALO Corp. announced yesterday that about 1,000 military personnel, police officials, medical experts and federal workers will learn the ins and outs of...
Look Out Google - Facebook’s Social Search is... →
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the social network is already handling a billion search queries per day, and that it is interested in launching a social search engine powered by the activity of its users — something that could turn out to be Google’s worst nightmare.
During an interview at the Disrupt conference on Tuesday — the first since Facebook’s underwhelming IPO and subsequent stock...
Paypal You Suck - “If We Suck … We Now Face It” →
PayPal President David Marcus responded to mounting criticism from customers by promising that things are changing at the online payments company.
“There’s a massive culture change happening at PayPal right now,” Marcus said. “If we suck at something, we now face it, and we do something about it.”
Marcus’s response was prompted by a blog post written by a customer earlier in the week, who was...
Talk Like a Pirate Day →
It be just a matter o’ a smatterin’ o’ HOURS now! Prepare to unleash yer PIRATTITUDE on an unsuspectin’ world! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is coming – THIS WEDNESDAY! What are YE doin’!?! Check out our map for piratical doin’s near ye!
Easy tip number one, if you want to talk like a pirate: Add “me hearties” to the end of any sentence.
Mark Summers, aka Cap’n Slappy, left, and John...
Today's Dot Com's are Clueless →
Another arrogant website begins the suicide mission. I’ll be honest – I don’t understand reddit – but I understand it a bit more than pinterest. However, the value of either of these services is questionable to me. I had begun sharing links on reddit, but I am greeted with a captcha to solve everytime. Since I am saving to several sites every-time I add an article, that’s just a pain. Next I may...
Frozen Smoke - Solid Air - Aerogel Brick →
This picture is of a 2.5kg brick supported by a piece of aerogel, the worlds lightest solid material. This particular piece weighs in with a mass of 2 grams.
Aerogel is nicknamed ‘frozen smoke’ or ‘solid air’, due to the fact that it is composed of 99.98% air by volume. Aerogels are a diverse class of amazing materials with properties unlike anything else known. They exhibit the lowest...
A Book That Shows Every Color Imaginable →
Regardless if you are a designer or not, having all the existing colors bound in your bookshelf would look quite impressive. A New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach presented a 8 x 8 x 8-inch cube book, that contains the complete RGB color scheme page by page.
The binding of the cube was designed by the author herself in collaboration with Daniel E. Kelm. The book with the digital offset prints...
A Little FCC Inspection "Insurance" →
The FCC inspector is in the lobby and wants to inspect your station! This can be an extremely stressful situation if you aren’t prepared. Suddenly you envision all the things that you might have neglected by accident or procrastination. But he is here and he is not coming back later. Of course the best course of action is not to procrastinate and make sure your Public File is in order and neatly...
Spilled Soda? Rice May Save the Day →
As much as we protect our precious portable devices such as our smart phones, ipods, etc. Sometimes the worst happens – a spill, a drop into a liquid. While this certainly can destroy electronics, as water and electricity don’t play well together, the problem is more one of residue left behind by the liquid. When the worst happens, don’t panic! Follow these steps and you just may save the device...
Steps to Take for a Blown Tower Light →
A blown tower light is not only dangerous to aircraft it can result in a serious fine for the tower owner. Therefore it is imperative to make it a regular task to check your tower lights and make a log entry. If a tower light is out, the tower owner is required to notify the FAA. This will create a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM). This notice is available to all pilots and the FAA’s NOTAM phone...
Shiver Me Timbers →
leoashcraft:
Nine months after the Federal Communications Commissionmoved to shut down an unlicensed Austin radio broadcast, the pirate station is still on the air, openly defying the government order.
“I’m not giving up, because this is about the truth,” said Deborah Stevens, the public voice behind the station, as she eats quiche at a South Austin diner. Her voice rises a couple of...
$10 Gas? →
leoashcraft:
Gas is already high enough as it is… Every time we drive past those signs, we all let out a little sigh.
But we haven’t seen anything like what the folks in New Jersey saw.
http://leoashcraft.com/10-dollar-gas/
Spinning the FM Broadcast Signal →
lowpowerfm:
In a previous Radio-Guide article we touched on various types of FM Broadcast antenna systems. There is a big misconception that all antennas are the same. Many think that they all will work – which they will to some extent. The problem is an LPFM station is Low Power, 100 Watts ERP with fairly low antenna height – 100 feet HAAT. With a system like that, the antenna system, including...
Shiver Me Timbers →
Blood Infection Treatments to be Discovered Using... →
