Monthly Archives: August 2003

More of the uncut shit straight from the source, straight from Iraq: “The sounds of shots being fired should begin to be heard sporadically around the city, as the cover of darkness provides refuge for those few would be attackers. … Continue reading →

64-bit Computing for the Masses Today’s the day Apple’s new G5 computers (nicknamed the "Cheese Grater") hit the stores. Continuing its corporate tradition of innovation, the G5 is the first desktop PC with a 64-bit processor. Why should you care? … Continue reading →

Sex surrogates for pets? This disturbing, funny, disgusting, dumbfounding piece of video delivers absolutely safe sex. from Lebonze

The Republic sailed from New York on Oct. 18, 1865, carrying 59 passengers and a cargo of gold. The storm hit off Georgia. For two days, the steamship battled hurricane winds and giant waves. Then the engine failed and the … Continue reading →

Serge Bloch illustration To a small group of men, Americans mostly, Costa Rica is alluring, enchanting and brimming with possibilities for adventure. The men are bookmakers taking bets and dispensing winnings over the Internet, and Costa Rica has exactly what … Continue reading →

An extreme sports fanatic is planning to become the first man to fly unaided across the English Channel with the help of a winged suit. Felix Baumgartner’s audacious attempt will see him jump from a plane at 30,000ft, and then … Continue reading →

The powers that be, up and down the line from the President of Con Ed to the President of the United States, were suspiciously quick to declare that there was no evidence or possibility of terrorism involved in the great … Continue reading →

30 years ago, Buckminster Fuller came up with a plan to plug all the world’s continents into the same electrical grid. Energy companies dismissed the notion as pie in the sky – and then proceeded to build such a grid. … Continue reading →

TOKYO – Cafe customers giggle as "Medama-man," which translates as "Eyeball-man," reads an English newspaper Aug. 13 in Tokyo. Medama-man was part of a "walking act performance" to mark the opening of Japanese broadcasting company Nippon Television Network’s new headquarters. … Continue reading →

Tomorrow at 9 (ET) is the Discovery Channel show about Nefertiti, legendary beauty of ancient Egypt sometimes called "The Female Pharoh" for her political power as well as her hold over her husband, the Pharoh Akhenaton, known as the "heretic … Continue reading →