“A Swiss airline pilot and self-described adrenaline junkie named Yves Rossy has developed a working jet-pack and flown it more than 30 times. Actually, it’s a pair of rigid carbon fiber wings strapped to his back, with two small kerosene-powered jet engines on each wing — essentially a small jet airplane using the pilot’s body [...]

Yeah sounds weird eh? Wouldn’t think you would need a golf club on a space station but hey, shows what I know. Apparently as a promotional stunt a Russian cosmonaut will be hitting a golf ball from a special platform. NASA originally said no, as they should, but since has change their mind. So let [...]

I found this site to be very interesting. I am sure there are many more such incidents but this site list 20 of the known ones. Most don’t seem really big deals now, but I am sure with the Cold War tensions these were all close calls.

Today is the 40th birthday of StarTrek. This being a geek related site I just had to mention it. I have a link here with information about that first, ever so important, broadcast. As a geek where would I be with out StarTrek and it’s important lessons about traveling the galaxy and dating green women?

Yes the rumors are true, the Sci-Fi network has cancelled Stargate. They will however continue with Stargate Atlantis. Maybe SG1 will get a transfer to the Pegasus galaxy before it ends. Maybe they will all just retire. I would imagine that after saving the entire solar system a 100 times you would get a great [...]

Ever heard of it? Don’t worry I hadn’t either. It is apparently the oldest geared mechanism known to have existed. It dates back to 80 B.C. an was found in a shipwreck in 1902. It was believed to have been used to calculate astronomical positions. You can read more about it here on Wikipedia. Check [...]

This is without a doubt the coolest bit of R/C flying I have seen. The timing this guy has to fly like that, inside no less, is amazing. Be sure to check it out. Update: For those of you who are more helicopter lovers check out this clip of another amazing job in radio control [...]

With gas prices going up as they have been it is very interesting to see a map of the whole US at one time. This is a very nicely done map, written in .net, that can show you pricing very easily through the country. You can zoom in and right click and see the current [...]

Ok it’s not exactly tech or bikes but this guy can juggle. You can check out one of his performances here.

I have the orginal Apple Ipod and the battery just doesn’t last more than an hour or two anymore. I was looking around for a place I could buy a replacement and came across this site. They seem to have everything you need to modify and repair the entire Ipod line.