Riding the rails for a fall
I recommend standing well back as the entire scheme comes apart at the seams, as the shrapnel tends to carry.
Labels: China, Technology
I think I think, therefore, I think I think I am, I think.
Labels: China, Technology
Labels: Netherlands, Pirates, Somalia
Labels: BBC, Britain, Future Past, robot
The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom.An interesting choice of words. Does that mean that Mr Barack Hussein Obama's policy is officially one of "shoot to kill" or that bin Laden will have an "accident" in the cells?
Labels: Jihadists, United States
Dr Vannevar Bush's 1945 Life Magazine look at the future complete with forehead cameras.
Labels: Future Past
New Labour has enough money to keep a raving Jihadist on the dole, but not enough to allow the Royal Navy to cement international relations, and be decent hosts, by offering guests a drink.Labels: Britain, Royal Navy
Rocket catcher. Okay. Right. You might want to go away and think this thing through a bit more before applying for those grants.Labels: Future Past

A classic example of Feminism trumping common sense. I have extreme doubts about this woman holding a commission, much less being in charge of a ship of the line. But that's what happens when you are more afraid of a bad political rating from the Commissar than of losing a ship.Labels: Feminism, United States, US Navy
A jacket that turns into a sleeping bag and tent.Labels: Technology
It's been bucketing down here at Chez Szondy and as I was walking through the garden yesterday I came across these blobs of clear jelly all over the front lawn. Partly out of curiosity and mainly out of fear that these were the vanguard of an alien invasion force, I inspected the watery little interlopers more closely.Labels: Chez Szondy
A New York City Assemblyman wants to ban all salt from all cooking and food preparation in all New York restaurants. Not surprisingly, this has resulted in howls of anger from cooks and bakers about how the honourable member has no understanding of how food chemistry works.Labels: Food, New York, United States