Interviewed when they were in Seattle in Nov, 2008.

Part one: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/mythbusters_interview_par.html

Part two: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/mythbusters_interview_par_1.html

Long but interesting.

I ran across this web site which provides near real time nature videos from their wildlife videographers in the field ( Read more... )

Just finished All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the USS Scorpion by Kenneth Sewell and Jerome Preisler

Good book, interesting view of the late 60's, the Cold War, and some difficult decisions and their impact on the country, the crew and families of the Scorpion.

( Cut for those who don't care )

Anyone got any 1G or 512G SD Flash memory cards they are no longer using ( Read more... )

Apparently the critters are out in force today/this week/this month ( Read more... )

I was following the serialization of Danial Pinkwater's new book "The Yggyssey" on line this spring. One chapter a week until it was all posted. Then I got distracted ( Read more... )

While finishing up the outside of our new front door I heard a bird call which sounded like a monkey call. Loud too.

So I went out to where I could see more of the trees and sure enough, there were two Pileated Woodpeckers flying about. They stayed around and hooted for about 10 mins, bouncing from tree to tree. Did not get any pictures.

(Should that be a song title ( Read more... )

With so many newspapers folding (npi) or cutting back delivery days I have been looking for alternatives to get my daily news and comics fix ( Read more... )

What would happen if I let MythTV record _The 100 Greatest TV Ads_ and then had it run commercial skip?