Scot Buzza sent this to me.
A South Korean man died last week due to a video game addiction. Apparently, the 28-year old man collapsed at an Internet Café after playing Starcraft for 49 hours. Identified only by his last name, Lee collapsed Friday after barely eating and not sleeping at all [...]
Grab your blankets and caffeine! Tomorrow’s night sky is going to be ablaze with an impressive display of fiery meteors!
Thursday, August 11th, marks the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. At a rate of about 160 meteors per hour, the Perseids are annually one of the most spectacular night shows of the year. [...]
Update (08/09/05): Discovery rolled safely onto the runway at Edwards Airforce Base at 8:12 a.m! Here’s the video.
Due to poor weather conditions, Discovery will not be landing today at Kennedy Space Center as planned. For those of us who have stayed up with them until now, 5:07 a.m., this is a pretty big bummer. [...]
Since June 30th, 2004, NASA’s spacecraft, Cassini, has been orbiting Saturn, imaging everything it finds. Cassini has sent to us myriads of stunning images of its subject, the ‘Jewel of the Solar System.’ But perhaps its images have raised more questions than they have answered.
The most notable of these findings are the [...]
Yesterday, while doing research at XU, I received this from Mr. John Lavelle. I feel like I should post it.
Okay,
I know that game at this link is horribly sexist and it supports Miller products (you’ll see), but it is probably the most clever concept for an online game that I have ever seen (possibly [...]
Have you ever wished you had a remote control to guide your boyfriend or girlfriend? Well, now you can. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone labs have created a headpiece and remote control that can be used to control the movement of another person. The video is hilarious! I wonder where I can [...]
Last Thursday, President Bush left to spend 32 days at his Crawford ranch on ‘retreat.’ Historically, it is the longest presidential retreat in 36 years and unprecedented during war. This will be his 49th trip to his ranch during his presidency. As of last Tuesday, Bush has spent 319 days away from [...]
Banksy is at it again! Banksy, the ‘guerilla artist,’ is well known for his stunt art. He made the news last year for secretly planting a fake cave painting in the Bristish Museum that depicts a man pushing a supermarket trolley. It went unnoticed for three days.
Banksy’s latest target: Israel’s West Bank [...]
Everyone knows Bob Novak as the reporter who wrote the story leaking Valerie Plame’s identity in the Rovegate scandal. In light of recent events, he has been trying very hard to shape his public image. On a discussion on CNN, James Carville jokingly calls him out on it. Novak’s response was not [...]
Hey Everybody! (Hey Dr. Nick!)
I’m sorry that I’ve been MIA for a bit. Between work, Mr. Matt Kelley visiting, birthdays, and homemade cheesecakes, my time has been occupied. But I’m back now!
Here are a cool flash game and a movie sent to me by Miss Rachel Rumely:
1) For those of you tired of [...]