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Rock and Roll May Never Die, but Sometimes It Gets Sick

26th March 2008

Read it.

Ah, but do they get Dental?

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Raining McCain

24th March 2008

Watch it.

This is just wrong. And it’s all Jonah’s fault.

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UCLA researchers create self-healing, power-generating artificial muscle

23rd March 2008

Read it.

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Wounded Vet Again Tackles Basic Training

21st March 2008

Read it.

Where in the world do we find such people?

The quilt dotted with American flags that covered her bed and the massive flag on her wall during her childhood years in Georgia and Minnesota help explain why the daughter of Dave and Marlene Hoffman voluntarily joined the Army ROTC program as an undergraduate at the University of Colorado.

Oh, yeah. Not New York or Boston or San Francisco or L.A.

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‘Kristen’ Cleans Up

14th March 2008

Read it.

Next: Her cover of “Material Girl”.

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Microsoft’s Other Founder Is Mapping Genes in the Brain

13th March 2008

Read it.

You see? This is the sort of fun and useful stuff Bill Gates could be doing if he weren’t such a fargin geek.

…building museums of rock ‘n’ roll and sci-fi, buying up sports teams, and funding commercial space flight.

I’ve always thought Allen was the smarter of the two. This confirms it.

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The Wii crossbow: for fanatics only

12th March 2008

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Senior Coupon-Cutting Brigade Comes to Military’s Aid

12th March 2008

Read it.

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Clinton ad’s teen supports Obama

9th March 2008

Read it.

Hillary just can’t win for losing.

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Gepetto robot fires paintballs, demands respect

7th March 2008

Read it.

I’d want one with rapid-fire capability.

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Massachusetts company develops inkjet-printed solar panels

6th March 2008

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If it works, this will be huge.

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DARPA sets sights on aircraft capable of five-year flight

5th March 2008

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Mac mini gets the steampunk treatment, matching keyboard and monitor

3rd March 2008

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I want one of these so badly it makes my teeth hurt.

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12-year-old “Magneto Man” breaks every computer he touches

3rd March 2008

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Sign that kid up.

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Stuff White People Like #76 Bottles of Water

28th February 2008

Read it.

You know who you are.

Up until this point, white people were consuming most of their water in the form of expensive bottles like Fiji, Aquafina and Dasanai. To this day, many white people continue to get their water in this fashion, and it is important to be aware about how your choice of water can say a lot about who you are.

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Stuff White People Like #72 Study Abroad

22nd February 2008

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 In addition to accumulating sexual partners, binge drinking, drug use and learning, white people consider studying abroad to be one of the most important parts of a well rounded college education.

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Stuff White People Like #71 Being the only white person around

20th February 2008

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In most situations, white people are very comforted by seeing their own kind. However, when they are eating at a new ethnic restaurant or traveling to a foreign nation, nothing spoils their fun more than seeing another white person.

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Stuff White People Like #67 Standing Still at Concerts

17th February 2008

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If you find yourself invited to a concert with a white person, do NOT expect to dance. Prepare yourself for three hours of standing reasonably still. It is also advised to get a beer or (if legal) a cigarette so you have something to do with your hands. Although it is acceptable to occasionally raise one hand and point just above the stage.

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Stuff White People Like

15th February 2008

Read it. At last — a home for the People of the Crust.

Ever wonder what sort of stuff Mencius Moldbug would write for The Onion? Well, now you don’t have to.

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Fully Accessorized Rifle

13th February 2008

Check it out.

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US Warships Fire on Somali Pirates

12th February 2008

Read it. And about time, too.

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Excellent SF Author Steven Brust Writes Firefly FanFic novel

6th February 2008

And it’s free.

It doesn’t get much better than this.

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Household heater meshes with LCD, acts like a fireplace

1st February 2008

Read it. We Have The Technology.

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Navy Railgun Test Sets Record

1st February 2008

Read it. Can’t wait until they put this puppy on a ship.

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USMC Silent Drill Platoon

25th January 2008

Watch it. Hold ’em high at Eighth and I.

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Scientists for Better PCR

23rd January 2008

This is amazing. I’m not sure, but I think it’s a commercial. If it is, it deserves some kind of award.

Oh, PCR stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction, but you don’t need to know that, really.

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Surgeons Hone Skills on Nintendo Wii

18th January 2008

Read it. So videogames give us an entire generation of tank gunners, anti-aircraft missile operators, and — surgeons? *sigh*

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Hello Kitty AR-15 assault rifle

17th January 2008

Read it. Pretty in pink.

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Meet the Disintegrator: 24 barrels of rubber band minigun madness

16th January 2008

Read it. Imagine The Terminator in High School.

You know you want one.

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Multicore memory in the works?

16th January 2008

Read it. And the hits just keep on comin’.

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BeatBearing demo

16th January 2008

Watch it. This is really freaky.

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LG SteamWasher: now with allergen-reducing powers

16th January 2008

Read it. For those who really truly long for a washing machine that costs as much as a small car.

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Bush Exempts Navy From Sonar Law

16th January 2008

Read it. Every now and then Bush does something sensible.

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Kayakers hit New Zealand after 62 days at sea

13th January 2008

Read it. Pluck is not completely extinguished. Ya gotta love Australians.

A band played Waltzing Matilda and Maoris performed a haka as they were each handed a beer.

Kiwis are pretty cool, too.

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TankChair gets updated, goes where no wheelchair has gone before

10th January 2008

Read it. If I ever wind up in a wheelchair, this is the wheelchair I want to wind up in.

I still say it needs a 50-cal mount. (Or a Phalanx! Yeah, that’s the ticket.)

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Blackwater to the Rescue

10th January 2008

Read it. When you care enough to send the very best.

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Honore Retiring From the Army

9th January 2008

Read it. He will be missed.

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GM’s Shopping Cart Car (1964)

7th January 2008

Read it.

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Scaled Composites to unveil the SpaceShipTwo on January 23rd?

4th January 2008

Read it. Keep your fingers crossed.

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Celestron to debut new LCD digital microscope at CES

2nd January 2008

Read it. And the hits just keep on comin’.

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Experimental Vaccine Could Vanquish Cocaine Habit

2nd January 2008

Read it. Can heroin and other vegetable alkaloids be far behind?

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Liquid Image intros underwater digital camera mask

2nd January 2008

Read it. When I saw this my first thought was “Navy SEALs”.

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Internet Access Is Only Prerequisite For More and More College Classes

31st December 2007

Read it. A healthy trend.

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GPS baby Jesus stolen again, found across the street

28th December 2007

Read it. One of those heartwarming stories that encapsulate the spirit of the season.

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sQuba, the driving, diving concept car from Rinspeed

26th December 2007

Read it.

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Rockefeller University scientists figure out how to see smells

26th December 2007

Read it. Not a bad trick.

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Evolving Bigger Brains through Cooking: A Q&A with Richard Wrangham

26th December 2007

Read it. And go have that double cheeseburger you’ve been thinking about. It’s for the children.

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Homegrown speaker created with foam plate

24th December 2007

Read it. “You can make a mainframe/from the things you find at home….”

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Couple Gets Their Bronze Stars

22nd December 2007

Read it. The times, they are a-changin’.

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Man of Letters

20th December 2007

Andrew Ferguson is an excellent writer. Even if you don’t care about National Review or William F Buckley Jr, and many don’t, this review is worth reading just for the reading of it.

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