Flametoad

I remember back in the 1990s there was a period during which there was a lot of fascination with the idea of modernizing the ground soldier. I attribute it to 1) renewed interest in the military after Desert Storm I, and 2) growing awareness of this whole "internet" thing and technology in general. The articles [...]

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I know that there are some people still naive enough to think that if we only left those big corporations alone and they stopped having to worry about those cumbersome regulations, why they’d start acting in the public’s best interest and everything would be right as rain. For you, I give Exhibit A:
Comcast has been [...]

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…is today’s theme. First up is a new surgically implanted device designed to give women orgasms. This is described as a spinal implant the size of an Altoids tin. It is designed for women who have "female orgasm dysfuntion,"  the inability to have orgasms. I guess I take "the big O" for granted, but I’d [...]

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io9 (one of my new favorite sites, recently had an article about breakthrough adhesive microfiber surfaces that were modeled after gecko feet. What this means is that shoes or gloves made out of this material would like you climb smooth, vertical surfaces–such as the exterior of a glass office building. While gecko-man doesn’t have quite [...]

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At my day job, I’m on a committee that organizes an annual conference. Yesterday prior to our meeting we were e-mailed three documents that would be discussed. I printed them out, took them to the meeting, made a few notes on my notepad, then tossed them in the recycle bin when I got back to [...]

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