Archive for May, 2006

Someone got frustrated by electronic road signs giving outdated information, and decided to do something about it.

Crying over spilt milk

I only rarely drink milk, but this morning I bought a plastic bottle (one pint) and drank part of it on the way to work. After I’d been at work for a while, I realized that I’d left the milk in the car, so I went out to fetch it. I opened the [...]

That giant flushing sound…

is the sound of NASA pouring another $318 million down the ISS rathole. While I’m actually an advocate of manned space exploration, the ISS is nearly completely useless, and there’s no good reason to waste even more money on it. The US does have some obligations to other nations regarding ISS, but I [...]

This weekend, my employer moved to a new location. This evening I was setting up my computer in my new cube, and started smelling smoke.