• Hot Off The Presses

    Always fasten your seatbelts

    June 22, 2009 - By 

    … Or turbulence will toss you around like a ragdoll. Chicago Sun Times : 7 slightly injured as Qantas plane hits turbulence PERTH, Australia—- A Qantas plane hit turbulence and suddenly lost altitude over Malaysia, throwing terrified passengers around the cabin and leaving seven people injured, the airline said Monday.

  • SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano. - Second Life

    Second Life May Impact First Life Someday?

    June 20, 2009 - By 

    Second Life provides virtual meeting space, may replace millions of airline seats annually someday. May need to learn building skills in SL beyond rezzing a box… New World Notes: What the US Navy’s Undersea Warfare Center Is Doing in SL (Updated) The last time I tried to visit the Second Life islands owned by the United States Navy’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center several months ago, I was blocked from entering most of it. This machinima above shows what they’ve been doing in Second Life, including rapid prototyping, data modeling, and VoIP-driven conferencing, much of it between other branches of the…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    The Cosmic Moronic ZAPP!

    June 19, 2009 - By 

    Kirby: Temporal at the temple – Salt Lake Tribune The Angel Moroni atop the LDS Oquirrh Mountain Temple looks a bit worse for wear right now. Last Saturday, he got zapped by lightning. Witnesses reported a bright flash of light, a single B-flat note ending in a ducklike quack heard as far away as Idaho, followed by the usual self-congratulatory applause of thunder. A billion volts blasted the gold leaf off Moroni, turning his horn, face and arm black. In a program known as Regilding for the Dead, the LDS Church plans to fix him before the dedication in August.…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Worldview examines the Iranian election | Chicago Public Radio Blog

    June 18, 2009 - By 

    Listen to @WBEZ Worldview for discussion on Iran and Twitter, they quote an Iranian via IM who dared not call in via cell phone. Worldview examines the Iranian election | Chicago Public Radio Blog Coming up at noon Worldview is doing a show on the Iranian election. Of course you should listen closely to what Jerome and his guests have to say, but Twitter has played such a huge part in this story that you probably ought to check out what’s being discussed there. I heard this at lunch and it was worth a listen. Visit the page for many…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Or is THIS It?

    June 15, 2009 - By 

    And then this big blue and white 747 took off and turned right… We all gathered at the windows, calls be damned. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Or is THIS It? By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 15 Jun ’09, 1.02pm CDT PST

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Air Force One From ORD

    June 15, 2009 - By 

    I think this is Air Force One, we’re on the O’Hare outbound flight path today, the timing was right for after the end of Pres. Obama’s AMA speech today, the livery was very light, was a 747… and several flights before and after all turned to the north, but this big bad boy came staight and true, right over my office. My co-workers had seen it from the eleventh floor and had all been looking at it, too. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Air Force One From ORD By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 15 Jun ’09, 12.52pm CDT…