Conservative Commentary from Mark A. Rose
USAGI has found a ten-minute video someone shot of bullets in slow motion. And I mean slow-motion, as in one million fps. I didn’t know you could do one million fps, but apparently you can. My favorite is the disentegrating bullet around the eight-minute mark.
USAGI: Cool video
The pro bono research assistant has forwarded this neat story about a carjacker in California who stole a Chevy Tahoe and was stopped when the vehicle’s OnStar system disabled the gas pedal as he was being chased by police.
The only downside I see here is the possibility of the Obama administration federalizing OnStar so they can have [...]
A new App they’re advertising on the Yahoo! Blog can help you bolster your green lifestyle. You can even plant a tree right from your App! Maybe I should get this so I can make sure I’m not getting too green for my own good.
I never knew there was such a thing as an art application. But Steven Sande over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog lists his five favorites.
Five Apps for the art lover
CBS has come up with a way to embed an actual video player inside a print magazine. This is pretty cool, even though it is CBS.
CBS Embeds a Video Playing Ad in a Print Magazine | Epicenter | Wired.com
I didn’t know this was possible, but it’s good information to have.
Area drivers looking to outwit police speed traps and traffic cameras are using an iPhone application and other global positioning system devices that pinpoint the location of the cameras.
That has irked D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier, who promised her officers would pick up their [...]
This absolutely fascinates me:
For the first time, an image of a memory being made at the cellular level has been captured by scientists.
The image shows that proteins are created at connections between brain cells when a long-term memory is formed. Neuroscientists had suspected as much, but hadn’t been able to see it happening until now.
Every [...]
In the book Atlas Shrugged, John Galt, the protagonist, invents a motor that runs on static electricity. That’s all well and good, but it’s fiction, right? Well, Nokia has invented a cell phone that recharges itself by turning radio waves in the air into usable power. You gotta love this stuff.
Pardon the cliche, but it’s [...]
My pro bono research assistant Brad, who remembers the birthday of every single person he has ever met in his life (while changing his from year-to-year to prevent others from remembering his), send me the YouTube link to a video on Project Natal for xBox 360. It’s billed as controller-free playing. At first, I thought this [...]
I’ve got Johnny Cash singing in my head after writing that headline.
Anyway, my son was given an xBox 360 for Christmas, 2007. Thus, the Microsoft 90-day warranty is long gone. His xBox 360 recently fell victim to the dreaded red ring of fire. Those of you who have experienced the three blinking red lights know what I’m talking about. [...]
Hubble Photographs Cosmic Fountain.
U.S. News & World Report says that Americans are driving their cars farther than ever before, and gives some tips on how to squeeze every possible mile out of your set of wheels. I’d love to wind up in this club.
Can Your Car Last A Million Miles?- Yahoo! Autos Article Page.
Ever since I realized that you could listen to XM Radio via an Internet stream, I’ve been waiting for them to make it accessible via iTunes. My wish is close to being realized.
Financially struggling Sirius XM Radio Inc. is planning to stream its subscription radio service to the iPhone and iPod Touch devices from Apple [...]
Apple has just released its third generation of iPod Shuffle, from the stick of gum, to the clip-on, to the talking iPod.
Available now for $79, the new Shuffle (announced this morning on Apple’s Web site—did someone heed Chris’ call for fewer Apple events?) is billed as the “world’s smallest music player,” and indeed, it looks [...]
Tape measure: X-rays detected from Scotch tape – Yahoo News
A reader has passed along the link to Watts Up With That?, a science and technology blog that uses facts to refute the global warming hoax.
A French voice recording from 1860 predates Edison’s first recording by 17 years.
Ben Cunningham points the way.
There is actually a website out there called “Everything USB” that shows you all the various things you can do with a USB port.
My friend Brad, who is self-employed in the computer business, passed along the tip that you can use the website http://www.primopdf.com to convert files to PDF. I haven’t tried it yet, but if he says it works, it works.
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