Technorama

FDA Set To Approve Products from Cloned Cows via /.

I’m still waiting to see a clone implanted in a cow just so that it can eat its way out.

‘DNA computer’ is unbeatable at tic-tac-toe via Boing Boing

I don’t know about “unbeatable”, it is tic-tac-toe afterall. I guess if it can play to a draw in every game…

Zero’s Rogue Pirate Ninja FAQ via Shoutwire

Rogue Pirate Ninjas do not ask questions. We already know the answer. It is kill. It is always kill.

Rogue Pirate Ninjas do not breathe. It makes too much noise.

Chuck Norris once met a Rogue Pirate Ninja. He wet himself. Twice.

The 101 most influential people who never lived via Digg

Another 101, this time fictional characters who’ve influenced the world. So why do Kirk and Spock get clumped together at #50? It’s not like they’re Jeckyll & Hide (#10). And #1 is the Marbolo Man??

Marv

Minivan Struck By Lightning via Digg

Melted the radio antennae and showered the car w/ sparks.

Chupacabra captured via Digg

A mix between a dog, a rat and a kangaroo?

How to Do Cube Roots of 9 Digit Numbers in Your Head via Digg

I give this party trick 3 out of 5 stars, it has a big caveat in that it will only work w/ 9 digit numbers that happen to be a perfect cube of a whole number. Still, it’s interesting to find a couple of almost practical uses of modulo.

Marv

Show #143: join #technorama

1. Loads of links from listeners like Bruce Barr like a man who can move blocks weighing tons
2. KDE celebrates 10 years
3. Jorge sends us goodies from Belgium

Show notes #143

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Print Free Graph Paper via Digg

Cartestian, polar, and logarithmic scales in addition to the really nerdy stuff nobody uses. U.S. and metric units.

Earth has a “second moon.” Asteroid 2003 YN107 is looping around our planet once a year.

It entered a corkscrew orbit around the Earth about 7 years ago and it was about to leave Earth’s orbit this past summer. Oh, and there are three more asteriods in similar orbits around the Earth.

Marv

Online APPLE II Emulator! via Digg

Still waiting for Firefox compatibility, but they say it works in IE. (?) Whose side are they on anyway?

Genetic Savings & Clone to Close Its Doors at Year’s End Due to Little Demand for Cloned Cats via Digg

From the Digg comments: Who would want a copy-cat?

Newest Fair Food: Deep-Fried Coca-Cola via Digg

Help! YouTube is killing my business! via CNN

The company [Universal Tube and Rollerform Equipment Corp], which sells used machinery for making tubes to clients worldwide, has seen its site utube.com knocked off line by millions of online searchers looking for video site.

“I buy $100,000 worth of used machinery and want to get it up on the Web site [for clients to see],” Girkins said. “I can’t even get on the Web site.”

My heart goes out to you man…really. But you’ll never understand why. 68 million hits in August alone. And he’s complaining about what again?

BSG music video via Wingin’ It blog

You’re a fraking awesome machine…
So much better than the one…
with Lorne Greene.

Marv

Shelfari, like YouTube for Books via Digg

More like a del.icio.us for books, and includes comic books. Also turns out to be an easy way to find all books by an author or related to an author. And an oh-so-convenient buy-this-book-at-Amazon link for each entry. Anyway, if anyone wants to check out my bookshelf, go to http://www.shelfari.com/madmarv/shelf.

And, now that I’ve added a couple dozen books to my shelf (it only took 3 minutes), it really looks like a good way to display your library. Moreso because my physical copies are pretty beat up or in boxes with stuff that crawl around in the night.

The Crypt of Civilization via Digg

This ambitious project, which began in the dawn of the Second World War, is known as the Crypt of Civilization; it represents the first concerted effort to collect and preserve a snapshot of human civilization and technology. Though the term had not yet been coined at its inception, it was the first modern time capsule.

Limited Edition Star Wars USB Flashdrives via Digg

Limited run of 3500 starting at $80 for 1 GB. Officially licensed from Lucas…that must explain why Vader’s head is so big.

Einstein’s High School Diploma via Digg

Marv

Man shells out

BattleStar Galactica going to NBC via Digg

This blog claims that BSG will be moving to NBC’s Monday night lineup following Heroes. And, these guys are not very optomistic about BSG’s survival if it has to get it’s ratings on par with network TV standards.

Batman and Robin chalk sidewalk drawing – amazing perspective work via Digg

The guy who draws the sidewalk 3D chalk pictures has started drawing comic book characters. You can also find one of Spidey on this page.

Turkish Star Trekvia Digg

And don’t forgetTurkish Superman and Turkish Star Wars

Show #142: Spoooooccck!

1. A quick review of PME
2. Star Trek bits and pieces
3. Mark from Memphis states his opinion
4. Kreg’s run in with the law

Show notes #142

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