This set of photos comes to us courtesy of matsam (see his original post bere). The photos were taken on February 26. The fuselages of the new Boeing 737 planes were being shipped from to Wichita, Kansas' Boeing plant to a plant in Renton, Washington. And according to matsam, the railroad cleared away all the branches near the tracks to ensure that there's not ( Read more... )

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So, the Internet is abuzz with news that Osama Bin Laden is dead - the news that has been confirmed by both US and Pakistani intelligence, so I am inclined to assume it's legitimate.

(Of course, as someone who grew up on 90s action movies, I can't help but wonder ;) )

The reality of the matter is that Bin Laden's death won't end the conflict. Al ( Read more... )

( Remembering the company that showed me what superhero comics could be and how far they could go )

So it looks like OneManga, one of the biggest (if not the biggest) English-language scanlation websites chose to shut down before a coalition American and Japanese publishers could take steps to shut down by force.

For those who haven't kept up with manga-related news, back in June, a group of Japanese manga publishers and their American ( Read more... )

I just learned that PACE will cut Rute 699, leaving Palatine without bus service and cutting a pretty damn convenient connection to Harper College, Schaumburg and Elk Grove.

I used this route since 2004. As somebody who can't drive, having this route was pretty damn important. Without it, I wouldn't have been able to go to Harper College, which ( Read more... )

Got this in my mailbox earlier this morning:

( The last Bad Signal posting ever (unless Ellis changes his mind) )

Yegor Gaidar, former Russian prime minister and the man responsible for the so-called "shock therapy" policies that liberalized Russian markets, died yon December 16, 2009. The immediate consequences of his actions were devastating - the inflation shot up and lots of people lost money. It also allowed a few enterprising souls (mostly the remnants ( Read more... )

On 1 January, 2010, Bad Signal, Warren Ellis' official mailing, will be permanently shut down ( Read more... )