Yes, I know you’ve read your share of iPad reviews by now, so I’ll try to make this one short and sweet. I’m not an Apple fan boy, and I’m not terribly technically minded. I’m just your average guy who has just enough knowledge to be dangerous (to myself). It’s like the old joke, ‘I [...]
Posts Tagged 'Cool Thing'
Fun With Microwaves
Here are a few vids of people putting non-food items in microwaves. I’m gonna have to try some of these. First off is Ivory soap in a microwave. Oh, yeah, and make sure and watch the vids all the way through. This is what happens when you put a sonic boom firework in the microwave. [...]
Technicolor Pancakes
I dunno about you, but I just don’t see how a day could go wrong after a breakfast like this. (Found on iammommy.typepad.com)
Strange New Body Mod
A see through body piercing. Just don’t quite know what to say about this. On one end, “Cool! It’s your body, it’s your right.”, but on the other end I just gotta wonder what she’s thinking. To quote my middle son, “Whoa! Creepy!”
600 Mph Pumpkin Cannon
Hurley, New York: John Gill and Gary Arnold built this: It can be heard from miles away, it can shoot a large squash a mile, and leaves the barrel at around 600 mph. Being a geek can be a very cool thing.
Easiest YouTube Downoad With 3outube.com
Found that perfect vid on YouTube? Wished there was an easy way to keep it? Well, there is. Simply replace the “Y” in the URL of the YouTube vid you want to keep, with a “3″, and BLAM! A screen will come up giving you a download choice to download in a MP4 or FLV [...]
Apple to Announce The New Tablet….Sometime Soon
Will this be the new look of Apple’s new Tablet? Or this? Speculation has been wild and extravagant, but most sources agree on the obvious conclusion that it will be a Mac/iPhone hybrid. Apple is set to make an announcement this month (January), or February, or March. Apple, of course, won’t make an announcement about [...]
Hippie Spiders
The BBC has reported that a vegetarian spider has been discovered in Central America and Mexico. The Bagheera kiplingi feeds mainly on the tips of the Acacia plant. The plant offers a rich nectar for a species of ant that live within, and protect, the plant. The Bagheera kiplingi has basically evolved to steal from [...]
DragonCon friday afternoon
So, I made down here to DragonCon. This is my second year down here and I have to say that I really forgot how cool it was. And a little overwhelming. Everywhere I turn I see something cool. People in costume are all over the place, and I go and leave my camera in my [...]
August in Space
August was an incredible month for Outer Space. Below are a few pictures that came out of this last month. Discovery lifting off at midnight on Aug. 28. Victoria Crater. The cool thing here is that if you view this pic larger, you can see the tracks of the rover. One of my favorites, Saturn [...]

