Author: mike

Whew! Ever since Wired ran that story on the Arse Shooters, the daily visitors on this site spiked at 12K and then went to a steady-state of around 2-3K. Which made listening to my...

So I’ve been going to yoga for a while. But today instead of rushing through, one of the teachers decided to show us exactly how to do upward dog. And OUCH! I’ve been doing...

US finally annexes Canada, finishing off the Patriots’ War.

When will eBay wake up to this valuable new market niche?

These, then, are the four deep trends shaping the early 21st century. First, the globalization of terrorism. Second, the approach of a second energy crisis. Third, the formalization of American imperialism. And finally, the...

As if self-immolation was not enough, this disgruntled holiday shopper decided to fling his semen at shoppers in his local mall. (Note that this was reported by Denise Dick. Nominative determinism or editors with...

Woman dies digging for cash buried in Fargo movie.

This thread in Slashdot: Physicists War Over a Unified Theory Had to post this: Physics is based on observation and on mathematics. And anyone without overweening ego issues can have the courage to admit...

It’s good to know that in this recession time there are still some growth industries: private prisons. The US already imprisons more of its population than any other country in the world except China....

Dean Kamen’s Segway scooter reminds me of another inventor’s human transportation folly: Clive Sinclair and the C5. But the C5 didn’t try to balance an inverted pendulum for kicks.