For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
I just came across this series of animations a couple of weeks ago. Any dog person has to love Car Park. And if you liked that, this is from the same studio, Bird Box: Check out their home page for … Read More
Congratulations, Red Sox, for a great World Series! Even this generally-doesn’t-watch-baseball fan got pretty enthused about the series this year. We stumbled into the playoffs by accidentally tuning in about ten minutes before Ortiz hit his grand slam home run … Read More
Yesterday was our first full day of generating power from our solar panels. It was a pleasant, mostly sunny day. I just checked our energy output for the day, and we seem to have generated a cool 30 kilowatt hours … Read More
Our solar panels went live today, shooting electricity to to the grid! And to us! Time to celebrate! Besides saving the Earth, we have a new way to waste time: logging in to see exactly how much power we’re generating … Read More
The indomitable Dogfish Head Brewing Company has done something I’m pretty sure no other brewer has yet attempted: cooked up a special brewsky with real, pulverized moondust in it—Celest-jewel-ale! How’s that for rocket juice, Tom Corbett? I’m sure it has … Read More
…is worth how many in the claw? I got up this morning to the sound of Captain Jack howling and scrabbling frantically around the living and dining rooms. What I found when I arrived was a terrified bird flying back … Read More
If a picture is worth a thousand words, I’ve just done my day’s writing, and tomorrow’s and the next day’s, as well… It’s all done, except for the final inspections—first by the town inspector, and then by Nstar. After that, … Read More