Once again, the world has failed me. In May 2006 The Five Fists of Science was published. A graphic novel featuring Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain fighting Edison, Marconi, JP Morgan and Andrew Carnegie in a battle for world peace.

In other words, a story ripped from my imagination. And I'm only finding out about this now?

At the 1939 World's Fair, Westinghouse displayed a walking, talking, humanoid robot named "Elektro".

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Given the rather obvious technical limitations they were up against, the engineers did an amazing job with it. Remember, this was well before the transistor- the computer system that powered it was made from mechanical relays. It could do primitive ( Read more... )

Awhile back, I mentioned how Robots and Donuts was the coolest looking art-book I've ever seen.

Today, on an "early Christmas", I can confirm: it is the most awesome art-book ever. Thanks to Minna, I have a copy. It fulfills its promise. I mean, the premise is pretty solid (and encoded right in the title), but you also get treated to "Robots and ( Read more... )

There's no possible commentary I can put here that captures the amount of drugs that must have gone into making this ad.

This looks awesome. I'm a sucker for Clint Eastwood flicks, and I'm a sucker for Westerns. And look at that trailer. Sure, it's a modern day setting, but tell me that story structure isn't a Western in disguise.

I really appreciate the fact that Eastwood is playing to his age.

We have a desperate need for shelves. While we were out-n-about today, I noticed these shelves. Lawyer's shelves, with a raw steel exterior? I love it! They're a bit pricey, but I don't think I can pass up steel lawyer's bookshelves.

The thing that initially drew my and Minna's eyes was this thing- an awesome industrial shelf. Our tiny one bedroom ( Read more... )

This may very well be the most awesome book ever. Too much awesome for the printed page, I think.


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This video is hosted using Qik, which strikes me as one of the greatest things ever. From your phone, it streams video out to the Internet. Boom. The data is not on the phone, it's on the Internet. Instant access to the world. Sure, 90% of the time, this will be used to post videos of your cat making biscuits. But imagine putting this in the hands ( Read more... )

Today was the big day. The new Dunkin' Donuts opened. I come from Albany, NY- where there's a Dunkies on every corner. In Pittsburgh? Good luck finding one. Until today. A new Dunkin' Donuts opened in Market Square, which is a block from work. I walk past it every day ( Read more... )