My dad always tells me about a place in Florida called the Bottlecap Inn. It was covered floor to ceiling in bottlecaps done up in intricate designs.It sounds like a bit of Americana that’s bound to be long gone, but, perhaps a modern day version, like this desk with every surface covered with floppies might catch on…
National Geographic => Volcano Spews Lava in Indonesia:I wouldn’t want to live under this volcano, but it sure makes a cool photograph.
Space Imaging => Ancient ObservatoriesGoogle Earth can be a lot of fun.
TheStar.com => Hoodwinking the censorsChina has the most sophisticated and effective Internet censorship regime in the world, employing North American technology from Cisco Systems Inc. and Canada’s Nortel Networks Corp., among others, to filter out banned material.”Banned Material” being subversive stuff like letting their people discover Taiwan isn’t part of China.Hopefully, this merry band of freedom fighters can make a difference…
How come everytime I go to Taiwan, I never see the fun stuff like this?
I’m sure this proposal to recreate Stonehenge as it existed in its heyday is all about the science and not about the not inconsiderable tourism dollars it could generate.
The lonelocust.com blog just hit its 300th post. Pity it was about McDonald’s, but that’s the breaks.This is the 301st post.
BusinessWeek=> McDonald’s wants a digital-age makeoverStaring last year, all the McDonald’s in Phoenix started getting a major makeover…. They’ve changed the color schemes, the seats, added wi-fi and televisions displaying news…
The Doctor’s old foes the Cybermen are back.
So here’s a question:When I left for work Wednesday morning, my PowerMac was working normally, as was my PC laptop/docking station.During the day, a tech from the cable company re-wired the cable modem lines coming into the house.