Happy 4th of July.
Vice presidential failure and all around dingbat Sarah Palin has quit her job as governor of Alaska. The leading theory is that she’s only days away from being brought up on embezzlement charges for awarding Spenard Building Supplies the contract to build a $13 million hockey arena in her home town, in return for SBS supplying the materials used to build her Wasillia home. She should have asked former senator Ted “The Internet is Tubes” Stevens about why trading government contracts for home improvements is never a good idea. Something tells me it will be tricky to run for president in 2012 from inside a prison cell. (vis Digg)
In the sort of bureaucratic clusterfuck that can only happen in Russia, the band Deep Purple has been fined several thousand dollars for “illegally” performing their own songs. You’ll have to follow the link for the details, because typing them out would just make my head hurt.
Scientists Make Radio Waves Travel Faster Than Light
Fuck you, Einstein. The speed of light isn’t a hard limit for the transmission of information. Not if a couple of scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory are correct. If they are, not only will they rewrite some very fundamental laws of physics, but their research could pave the way for vastly superior communications systems. Awesome. (via Digg)
The latest episode of Motherboard features a short (16 min) documentary about a Wisconsin trucker who reverse-engineered the designs of the two bombs that were dropped on Japan at the end of WWII. The world would be a very boring place if it weren’t for obsessive geeks. (via Digg)
A Gory Peek at the Immanent Robot Uprising - The Carnivorous Clock
Apparently having never seen any sci-fi movies, scientists have come up with a way to power machines using a bacteria-filled fuel cell that generate electricity by “digesting” organic material. Their first prototype device is a clock that is powered by catching and digesting insects, but an army of flesh-eating robots is certainly in the making. (via Engadget)
I’ve started yet another website, this time specifically about TV. Even more specifically, about really bad TV. There are a lot of abysmal shows out there, but some are so bad that you would have to be mentally defective to enjoy them. This is a blog about those shows and the simpletons who watch them.
I’m going to aim for one review per week, but based on past performance, it will be a miracle if I can be bothered to post more than one per month.
Atlas Obscura is like Weird NJ for the entire world. They hunt down stories about quirky, bizarre and spooky buildings and landmarks and then post very professional writups on them along with photos and google maps coordinates. There’s hours worth of infotainment on this site. (via Boingboing)
Do you like to laugh at people who voluntarily look absurdly uncomfortable? If so, you may enjoy GothsInHotWeather.com. (via Boingboing)
The first cinematic trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic has just been released, and it is sicker than AIDS. Watch this in full screen HD. It’s worth it.
You better believe I have my eye on this game.
