Stalking Venus

Oh yes it is! That’s what the Sydney Morning Herald reported this morning. Apparently the stuff they use in the CRT new LCD flat screens contribute way more to global warming than coal fire emissions.

“As a driver of global warming, nitrogen trifluoride is 17,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide, yet no one knows how much of it is being released into the atmosphere by the industry.”

So says Michael Prather, director of the environment institute at the University of California.

Prather’s research says that the gas remains in the air for over 500 years and — unlike the traditional gamut of naughty gasses, such as carbon dioxide, sulphur hexafluoride, and perfluorocarbon — nitrogen triflouride isn’t regulated by the Kyoto Protocol or similar agreements.

I wonder if I can use this to convince my wife that we need a new HD flat screen TV

Damn! Another nail in the coffin of my desire for a new HD flat screen TV… My wife’s gonna be thrilled.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

For those of you who are into fast cars, flying bats and repressed post-stress trauma events that cripple your childhood, turn you into a monk, and then finally erupt outward at the evil in the world in the form of caped multi-millionaires in tights, this one’s for you…

The Panasonic Toyota Formula 1 team will be adopting The Dark Knight theme for the forthcoming British Grand Prix this weekend at Silverstone. This will include The Dark Knight branding on their cars, driver overalls, team motorhome as well as other elements.

StalkingVenus managed to hook some cool pics from the press day at the track. Here’s the Batmobile, the Batpod and the Panasonic Toyota F1 team drivers, Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock playing with their new toys.

The Batmobile arrives

Batmobile takes a ‘pit stop’

Timo Glock races the Batmobile

Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock fool around with the Batpod

One thing I don’t think I’ve ever worried about, is my Adam’s apple getting all sweaty… But then I’m not Japanese.

New from Thanko’s “Rare Mono Shop”, you can now purchase version two (!) of this USB-powered tie that has a fan built-in to the knot to keep your throat cool.

With the look on that guy’s face, I wonder if he doesn’t also have a different USB gadget plugged somewhere else…

Source: Mono Shop via Inventorspot

A couple of months back, it was discovered that Nelson Mandela, the previous South African president, was banned from entering many parts of the United States, because the FAA peeps had the ANC and it’s members on their terrorist watch list.

An embarrassed George Bush has just signed a bill that allows the Nobel Peace Prize winner back into the U.S. from 1 July without having to first obtain special clearance from the U.S. Secretary of State… Bwaahahaha!

Source: Yahoo News