Saturday, June 16, 2012

Friday, June 8, 2012

Epic Space Battle

From JP Aerospace's Blog
These legos could be our legos


What these guys are doing is actually pretty interesting. They want to establish a floating space platform at 90,000 feet where they hope to launch orbital and extraorbital manned vehicles. The above is just baby steps. More about their crazy plan.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

This is an Outrage!

From THR

The wreckage in Midtown Manhattan, all told, would top the financial carnage of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Japanese tsunami.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Check Out This Crazy Thing





German automation company Festo has created an extraordinary helium-filled flying robot that propels itself through the air by repeatedly turning itself inside-out. The creation, known as the SmartInversion, moves like a jellyfish as its extremely lightweight body inverts itself with a rhythmic pulsating movement. Hit the jump to see it in action!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Kickstarter Challenge

2012 Challenge!

Picard in Space. I will not suggest that we all need to come up with something as sophisticated as the above Kickstarter project... But what if we each came up with Kickstarter projects and commited to encouraging one another to complete our respective projects within 2012? Sound like fun? 

Sunday, April 1, 2012

My Home Was Video Game-ized!

After that, I was feeling tired so I broke open a bunch of dishes to recover some hearts. Felt much better.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Based on your interest in... (Mass Effect)

Want to play a game where you are the captain of this ship:
with a crew of over fifty lower ranked men and five close officers? Hollywood has not delivered on blockbuster science fiction in years. Where is this generation's 'Undiscovered country", our 'Aliens' our 'Solaris'or '2001'? Its in a video game--> 'Mass Effect' Have you guys heard of it? It is a three part trilogy all on the XBOX 360. Based on ya'lls interests on this blog i'm confidantthat you will love Mass Effect. This is something you can play while your wife watches you old men. Great dialouge and characters, coupled with deep ethical, philosphical and exestential questions make for a fantastic and high stakes action game. Here is the trailer for the first one (can't embed): http://youtu.be/nqBpRJ7qgaM there are three games now and the story concluded, but i reccomend not spoiling the later chapters. the descisions you make carry over into the subsequent games and have weighty consequences. Choose to be diplomatic, or aggresivly intimidating. here is an article on the cultural importance of this game: http://kotaku.com/5886178/why-mass-effect-is-the-most-important-science-fiction-universe-of-our-generation?tag=masseffect xbox is now about 200$ at gamestop. well worth mass effect. ...and a buncha other games im gonna make you play once you buy it ;)

Tour rome at night under scholarly guidance

fact: 'the colosseum is cuter than any cat or dog'

I Want To Go, Please Take Me

I mean, this is just straight-up awesome. I may have to watch this every day.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Real Live Yoda; or the Reason You Haven't Seen Many Posts from Me


Doing well, hope everyone is.

Me sleeping, not much.

P.S. This is in compliance with our "no personal stuff or politics" terms (because of the shirt you see). If this were a baby Newt Gingrich in a Yoda shirt, we'd have a problem...

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Somebody send this to Trent Reznor

Because as I watch it on mute while Avery naps it sure seems like it is calling out for a soundtrack from The Downward Spiral.

ANTS in my scanner > a five years time-lapse! from françois vautier on Vimeo.