Random Thoughts

Russia's military of the future looks like the USSR one of the past

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and, with it, Soviet communism, one of the great joys for this former US Army Signal Corps officer was getting to talk with a former East German officer who came to work for our company a few years later. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 12 2010 - 1:27pm

Plutonomicon

Over at 365DOA, I bring tales of early Pluto, the original controversy, and of things we can no longer discuss, for fear it will drive us mad.  Enjoy the podcast of Plutonomicon.  Pluto is no stranger to controversy. Let us ignore the current planet/no-pla ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Oct 15 2010 - 7:38pm

So I get press releases...

I get quite a lot of press releases, as you can imagine.  Dozens or hundreds depending on the day. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 20 2010 - 5:37pm

Racing Squid

So, one time for my middle school gym class I was required to write an essay about a sport. Any sport. Unfortunately, I hated all sports. Fortunately, I was blessed with a creative spirit, so I invented a new sport to write about. This is the opening parag ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Oct 21 2010 - 5:45pm

How I spent my weekend...

A few days back, it being the Halloween season (at least in America- do other cultures indulge in pagan madness of this sort?) I saw, on some social network or another, a neat carved pumpkin that looked like, I kid you not, R2-D2 from "Star Wars." ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 28 2010 - 12:58pm

"Life of Pi": How to make 3-D movies interesting

In the 1980s, computer generated characters were the rage so people were always looking for a way to use them in films, regardless of whether or not it helped or hurt the story.   So it goes with 3-D in movies today. For those who don't wear glasses, ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 26 2010 - 9:37pm

November Squid Hiatus

November is National Novel Writing Month--NaNoWriMo to those in the know. This year, for the first time, I am participating. Today, November 1st, I started a novel about squid racing. I have decided that Squid-A-Day will go on break for a month, so I can c ...

Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Nov 1 2010 - 8:19pm

How To Get Well And Truly Shellacked

How To Get Well And Truly Shellacked Now I'm not recommending for every future president that they take a shellacking like they, like I did last night. Barack Obama,November 07 2010, as reported by Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.abc.n ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Nov 8 2010 - 7:00am

Chicago Museum Sleepover: Over Soon

Kate's Month at the Museum ends November 18, 2010. As the winner of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's contest, she has been "eating, sleeping, and sciencing for 30 days" there. This morning, I browsed across this Associated ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - Nov 16 2010 - 10:47am

British mumbo-jumbo: Making booze cheaper in pubs will help cut alcohol abuse!

One scientist has recommended that decreasing tax on alcohol sold in pubs and increasing tax for the supermarket stuff will help UK spend less on alcohol abuse. Argument also goes to support struggling local pubs and restaurant. Alcohol abuse alone costs a ...

Blog Post - Raghuveer Ramacha... - Nov 18 2010 - 11:33pm