Month June 2009

Warning to scamsters

German retirees kidnap and torture financial adviser who lost their money. Clusterstock says they might have lost the money on a Florida real estate deal / scheme that Germans were heavily invested in.

Hydrogen fuel tanks made from chicken feathers

This is actually a big deal, because the special qualities of heated chicken feathers make them perfect nanotubes for storing hydrogen, as in fuel cell car storage tanks, and the price is way cheap too. In addition to hydrogen storage,…

Some fun, weird, snarky sites

Ok, things got Really Serious and Militantly Political here for a few days. So, now some fun websites for your viewing pleasure. Atlas Obscura. “A compendium of the world’s wonders, curiosities, and esoterica.” Awkward Family Photos Look at this fucking…

The Borg is back in town

All reports are that Windows 7, Microsoft’s coming replacement for Vista, is seriously good, bug-free, and powerful. This is even coming from hardcore geeks who loathe Vista and expected to hate Windows 7. Instead, they like it. Microsoft recently released…