Stalking Venus

The brand new Apple iPhone has sold a million units in the first 3 days.
The new version of Apple’s stylish phone was released simultaneuously in 21 different countries on Friday.
Sadly it has’t been released in South Africa yet, but hopefully it will by the time my birthday rolls around in September (that’s a hint, loved [...]

The New York Times has a fairly interesting article on the  modern airship and the people who are trying to turn them into a common sight in the sky. This pic is of the inside of a Zeppelin NT flying over the southern part of Germany.

The article basically waffles on a bit about global warming [...]

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 [...]

WASHINGTON — NASA has awarded a contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston, for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system. The spacesuit will protect astronauts during Constellation Program voyages to the International Space Station and, by 2020, the surface of the moon.
“The award of the spacesuit contract completes the spaceflight hardware [...]

The Crew Mobility Chassis Prototype is NASA’s new concept for a lunar truck. Researchers are trying it out at Moses Lake, Wash., this week as part of a series of tests of lunar surface concepts.
One feature is its high mobility. Each set of wheels can pivot individually in any direction, giving the vehicle the ability [...]

Adrian and Vik meet the end of civilization as we know it with the typical “oh I didn’t know it would take over the universe. I just wanted to see if it could make more of itself” kind of expressions on their faces that you would have seen on God’s just after he “saw that it was good”.

A collection of interesting and innovative ideas for new twists on old products.

When I was just a geeky little kid, I once removed all of the drawers from the large dark oak desk that my parents had bought me to use for school work, and strapped the case of our old (then new) PC to the space created by the missing drawers. I punched a rather messy hole in the back panel of the desk behind the drawer space and shoved all of the cables through it, being careful to neatly staple the one for the screen along the back of the desk and up to where I placed the monitor. Then I sneaked the drawers out to my dad’s workshop…