Robert Heinlen: Brilliant and Dead (and apparently Bald) as ever

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If it flies and looks odd, rest assured it will be blogged by me. The Cormorant is an innovative new design for an autonomous spy plane that takes of and lands from underwater, and can be deployed from the torpedo tubes of the cold war-era Ohio-class balistic missile sumbarine. Hoo-ahh. Link

(via we-make-money-not-art)

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The flying cars that we were promised by the year 2000 are almost here. The Skycar, currently being tested for FAA approval by Moller International, is now available for pre-order in the Neiman Marcus catalog. It travels 350 mph, runs on alchohol at 21 miles/gallon, and costs a mere $3,500,000.00.

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Great American, Great Maker of Tallow:

Benjamin Franklin, also dead

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Darren McGavin is also dead.

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Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has died. He was 81.

I was on a horseback riding trip on Long Island once many years ago and Don Knotts was on the same trail as me. He seemed like a very nice man. I think I’ll know my time has come when all of the stars of Three’s Company are dead.

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Sex Pistols snub US Hall of Fame

Punk band the Sex Pistols have refused to attend their own induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Executive director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Susan Evans, said: “They are being the outrageous punksters they are, and that’s rock ‘n’ roll.”

The handwritten note is actually posted @ Johnny Rotten’s site johnlydon.com.

Very sexpistoly.

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via deadlocked

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This is exactly how I am feeling today. It might have something to do with the fact that I have woken up at 4:30 a.m. every day for the past week.

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Waffle House is going to take plastic now, making our midnight munchies much easier!

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A friend of mine (who shall remain nameless) used to think that Hobbes was pronounced like “Ho-bees.” Totally true story.

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You didn’t think that I wasn’t going to post this again, did you?

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Yeah, that’s what I thought.

Many thanks to the fine folks at TheWeblogProject!

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I was listening to drownedinsound.com’s podcast/radio show and heard what will probably be my favourite song this month - ‘How to Reduce Chances of Being a Terror Victim’ by Xerox Teens.

It’s such a simple song consisting of advice given out from this Fox News artice.

Download How to Reduce Chances of Being a Terror Victim (live) and pick up some handy tips.

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I came across this while googling for the name of a play. For some, this would probably be considered a good play.

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It’s like I always say, if you don’t have something to bitch and moan about, go out and find it.

Wait… I’ve never said that. Obviously, though, someone did.

A radio station investigated for its lack of Welsh programming was targeted a second time by language protesters.

Strange and stupid, but totally true.

Thanks to The Gaelic Starover for the navigation.

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…and here it is for your viewing enjoyment.

(Ganked from the appropriately-named Random Good Stuff)

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Athens Hipsters have spoiled me. Athens hipsters (I hate that term, but really can’t think of anything better) like to pretend they live in New York, or San Francisco, or some other place that matters in the grand scheme of things. Athens hipsters are musicians. Or they know musicians. Or they desperately want to know musicians and perhaps pretend that they do (becoming somewhat desperate and pathetic in the process). At the very least, they usually have decent taste in music. And decent taste in clothing. (Unless they fail to recognize the indie/punk distinction. Sure sign of a transfer student. South Georgia can be so unkind.) Basically, Athens hipsters are thematically consistent. You’d never confuse an Athens hipster with an Athens fratboy. Their game is just too tight (on both sides, really). But tonight, I’m in Augusta. They seem a little confused. Are you a hipster or a hippie? I see the Chucks, but the Dave Mathews shirt is throwing me off. Of course you love Johnny Cash. That’s the safest bet in the book. Bet you can’t name five songs he sang. Wallet chain? Really? I guess the point of all this (if there even is one) is that Athens is a pretty amazing place. Every time I go somewhere else, I’m aware of the fact that people desperately want to be part of a counter-culture, whatever that might mean. Who can blame them? Everyone wants to feel special. But it’s pretty amazing that, despite it’s size, the Athens counter-culture allows for diverse, specialized populations. We’re like a cultural Galapagos (careful of my nut-cracking beak). If anything is keeping me here, that’s probably it.

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I just got 2,621 on Copter. Thanks again, Day Jobs, for helping me out with that whole spare time problem.

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No, it’s not Tom Jones or Burt Bacharach; it’s a high-pitched whine of a frequency such that only those under 20 can hear it:

Police have given their backing to a gadget that sends out an ultra high-pitched noise that can be heard only by those under 20 and is so distressing it forces them to clutch their ears in discomfort.

Eventually they can stand it no longer and have to move on.

But because the body’s natural ability to detect some frequency wave bands diminishes almost entirely after 20, adults are completely immune to the sounds.

Look for it at a country club near you. Who knows, the kind of local governments that approve smoking bans might just make this mandatory for all 21-and-up bars and clubs. Damn, I’m in a good moood this morning.

(Straight to your table from the fine folks at Monochrom)

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Looks like Sheni will have his way. According to this report, Chris Martin is worried about the effects of a Coldplay overdose.

Accepting the British Album gong on Wednesday, Martin said: “People are fed up with us and so are we. You won’t see us at one of these for many, many years. We mean it.”

Perhaps it helps that Martin has been busy with other things, like Making Trade Fair and planting fruit. The Martins currently have a banana in the oven.

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A teenage girl’s prosthetic leg has been stolen from her home in Temple City, Calif. – the second time it has been swiped in several months…

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As a member of law enforcement in good standing, Ferrigno has been issued a badge, a baton and a gun–a Beretta 92FS, per the sheriff’s department Website.

Hulk needs a gun because smashing things up is not cool for the cops anymore. But, seriously, if you saw Lou Ferrigno chasing after you, wouldn’t you pee your pants?

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I thought this headline said “Two Die in Pakistan Cartoon Crash,” but that’s not what it says.

I like my version of reality better, but I don’t think the two insanities are too far apart from each other.

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Article says detecitves recieve sexual services from masseuses in Virginia. yes, Virginia! Is what in Spain we call “irony.”

Ya kinda hafta read this whole thing to understand why I posted it. Is you don’t mind.

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I grant thee permission to play Zombie Escape at work all bloody day.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Hehehe. Lots of ‘em. The possibilities are relatively unbounded. Including, but not limited to: Plato, Newton, Fredrick Douglas, Buddha, Schrodinger’s Cat, and Pavlov’s Dog, but not Pavlov. Or Schrodinger.

Link

(v bb)

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Woohoo! This is definitely turning out to be a good year for sci-fi-become-reality. First hyperdrive, then near-sublight propulsion, and now this:

“Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a tabletop accelerator that produces nuclear fusion at room temperature, providing confirmation of an earlier experiment conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), while offering substantial improvements over the original design.

The device, which uses two opposing crystals to generate a powerful electric field, could potentially lead to a portable, battery-operated neutron generator for a variety of applications, from non-destructive testing to detecting explosives and scanning luggage at airports. The new results are described in the Feb. 10 issue of Physical Review Letters.”

For some reason, they’re focusing on the neutron production potential of this discovery, and leaving aside the question of power generation, but I’m sure they’ll get over it. Link (via Warren Ellis)

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