Flametoad

Ordered a new laptop the other day. It hasn’t shipped yet, but this is what I’m getting: Intel® Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display with TrueLife 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMM 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce 8400M GS 160GB Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

…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 [...]

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 [...]