Some kid played way to much Grand Theft Auto video games as a kid and decided to go out and make it happen in real life. Perhaps we should regulate video games? Or perhaps people should stop taking old pictures and accusing a video game of causing them.
Author: Joel Gross
Computers About to Conquer the World
I have been eyeing computer and robot technologies lately and I think SkyNet and our friend the Terminator are going to pay us earthly folks a visit sometime soon:
Here is an article on the military coming out with a computer that is twice as fast as the previous fastest computer ever… this baby can process more than one quadrillion calculations per second.… read more “Computers About to Conquer the World”
Creepiest Old World Painting
Take a look at the oil painting below. Seems pretty standard, eh? Now look at the close-up below. WTF?!?!?!
Too Many Expenses
I have spent far too much money in the last month on going out to restaurants, bars and clubs. I also spent money on various other ridiculous crap. Here is my analysis of the $1200 of stuff I have spent my money on lately. I need to be a lot wiser with the spending…. this doesn’t even include my grocery shopping at Costco which runs me a freaking grand a month.… read more “Too Many Expenses”
Best New Song- Flobots: Handlebars
The band Flobots has come out with the best new song I have heard in quite some time. The song is named Handlebars by the Flobots and I strongly recommend that you listen to it. Here is a link to the band’s myspace. I love their lyrics and am really impressed by this song… it’s been a long time since a new song has grabbed me where it counts and made me listen.… read more “Best New Song- Flobots: Handlebars”
Cell Phones Don’t Give U Brain Cancer…. Right?
Levi sent me over this funny video of the power of cell phones… and we all just put our phones right next to our heads. lol.
Mmmm… Brain cancer.… read more “Cell Phones Don’t Give U Brain Cancer…. Right?”
$199 for the new Apple iPhone 3G
I’m gonna get one of the new 3G Apple iPhone’s that has just been released!!!
WOOOOHOOOO!!!!
Stereo headset with Mic… 3G network… built in iPod… built in GPS… *slobbers on self….
It is going to be released on July 11 and I will be on of the first folks in line.
Below is the press release announcing the new iPhone from Apple:
… read more “$199 for the new Apple iPhone 3G”SAN ANTONIO, June 9, 2008 — AT&T Inc.
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“Big Bone Lick State Park”
Probably one of the most unfortunately named public parks in the United States, Big Bone Lick State Park is the “birthplace of American vertebrate paleontology”.
I wouldn’t mind paying a visit to BIg Bone Lick State Park sometime… who wants to join me?
Beautiful Art Made From Trash
I found the following art by Tim Nobel and Sue Webster to be really creative and pretty. I haven’t seen anything like it before. They take garbage and shape it into a specific form and have a bright light pointed at it so the trash creates interesting shadows. Nobel & Webster’s art though is probably better appreciated in a picture rather than in actual life… less smelly ;).