This is a great story written by a guy named Jarrett that makes great points. He basically explains how it is so hard and frustrating to legally buy and enjoy music. I agree with the overall theme of the article. The recording industry makes piracy tempting just for the simple fact that people want to […]

This is an interesting read of how the footage of Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon in 1969 was not what it should have been. Apparently the raw footage looked great but what the world saw was of a much worse quality. Now the original engineers involved with making the camera as well as […]

“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 […]