The Megalodon is made by Inner Space Systems, and is the brainchild of ISC owner and CEO Leon Scamahorn. I first got a chance to see the Megalodon on the Nautilus Explorer after a friend had bought one, and I was very impressed. It is a very serious looking unit and has a distinctively hand-made, [...]
Ever wonder what happens to those huge ocean-going ships when they outlive their usefulness and are decommissioned? It turns out they are usually sailed to a place called Alang India where they are dismantled and sold by the pound for scrap metal.
Now, one might think that, once they reach Inida, they would be placed in [...]
Ok, so we all know that Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face when they were out killing animals last weekend. Some of the radical right-wing media is trying to play it off as “no big deal”, but I bet Harry Whittington, the guy who took the shotgun blast to the head and throat [...]
Their website is not much to look at, so you’d never know it, but The Academic Film Archive is the leading group dedicated to the preservation of all those ridiculous educational films from the 1950’s.
Full of simple words, short sentences, and corporate propaganda, these “educational films” have long since become outdated and relegated to dumpsters [...]
Again, the blogging community stands in wait for The Bison to post something new on his blog. “Casey is usually a rock” says drinking buddy Zach. “But he’s not posted any updates in several days, and frankly I’m starting to wonder what has happened to him.”
Last time The Bison went missing and failed to post [...]
The smallest fish on record is no longer the 8mm Indo-Paciffic gobby, but rather a 7.9mm member of the carp family known as Paedocypris progenetica. Discovered in a peat bog on Sumatra island by Switzerland’s Maurice Kottelat and Singapore’s Tan Heok Hui, this fish is remarkable not only because it is so small, but because [...]
I’ve been a huge Calvin and Hobbes fan since the comic strip began in 1985, so I was thrilled to find that they have finally bundled up every single strip that was ever published into one gigantic set of three canvas-bound books called “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes”. This weekend I picked it up, and [...]
This morning I took Spiralbound.net to WordPress 2.0.1. Is is the norm with WordPress, the upgrade was nice and easy, and it went off without a hitch. Following these instructions, the entire process took about ten minuets, and the site was down for less than 10 seconds.
My Bsuite and Gallery2 plugins not only worked after [...]
Did you know that earwax comes in two types, wet AND dry? Neither did I, and quite honestly I never really thought much about it. Some Japanese scientist did though, and now they’ve figured out more than I ever thought I’d know about earwax. No… REALLY! These guys published their findings in the latest issue [...]
To make a long story short, I love Full Metal Panic. I have watched both the Japanese TV series, and Fumoffu, and I’m left wanting more.
Lately I have become tired of “regular” movies and TV shows. Perhaps this is because they have become less interesting, or simply because I just want to see something [...]
