[How To Uncork Cristal with a 50 Cal] (Viewer #1,362,539)
There’s two failed, bottle-exploding practice shots to warm up. Skip to 1:25 if you’re impatient.
Archive of entries posted on 10th January 2015
Nothing Beats Homemade
Canada is looking for 50 wealthy foreigners to join a pilot run of an immigration program for millionaires.
Guys, have you considered lowering taxes and growing your own domestically?
Link of the Day: How Do You Fix a Flat on Mars?
[High Praise! to Planetary.org]
Curiosity wheel damage: The problem and solutions
Of interest mostly to space nerds and people who find interplanetary robotics fascinating.
I consider myself guilty on both counts.
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Battle of Endor – Just the Space Parts
[Star Wars:Return of the Jedi VI – Battle of Endor (Space Only) 1080p] (Viewer #1,614,117)
I had mixed feelings about this.
It was delightful to not have to sit through the awkwardness of watching teddy bears kill men in space armor, but it also brought home how terrible George Lucas is at writing expository dialogue.
For me, though, being 99% Ewok-free wins out.
Must Protect Everyone From Everything!
A new FDA regulation on trans-fats may result in the banning of sprinkles on donuts.
What’s next? Air-quality testing for the donut’s hole?
Wrong-O Wa Po
From a Washington Post article on the future of robotics:
“Some jobs will always be done by people. The reasons can vary greatly: economic, social, nostalgic or simply not practical for robots to do”
Now substitute “men” and “women” or “whites” and “blacks” for “people” and “robots”, and it becomes pretty obvious that eventually a robot will take your job because of a liberal affirmative action program.