My initial attempts were failures, but I knew success was within reach when I was able to ignite and melt the pan using seven beef sticks and a cucumber ( Read more... )

From the WSJ:

[ ...] Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft Corp. executive who now runs Intellectual Ventures LLC., a company that collects patents and funds inventions. His old boss, Mr. Gates, had asked him to explore new ways of combating malaria. At a brainstorming session in 2007, Dr. Wood, the Star Wars architect, suggested using lasers on ( Read more... )

I am pleased to note that the must-have accessory for the eccentric dot-com zillionare mogul is no longer the 100-foot yacht, but a private space program!

Currently in the lead would be SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, who made his gazillions starting PayPal and selling it to Ebay.  They are building a family of boring but cheap traditionalish boosters ( Read more... )

J&D's is proud to annouce their latest product, baconnaise, a kosher-certified bacon-flavored spread.

The internets are just full of win today.

On May 19, 1987 US Patent 4,666,426 was granted to The Dis Corporation, for "Device for Perfusing an Animal Head".


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