Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Tunguska Event, a massive explosion in Siberia that knocked down 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometres on June 30, 1908. In physical terms, that’s a spicy meatball. No one really knows what cause this massive air detonation, although the most likely culprit was a meteorite or small [...]
Oh, Internet. Just when I think all human endeavour is futile howling against a black, unfeeling universe, you go an do something like this, and faith is restored: Monty Python and Star Trek? Yes, please.
Loren Coleman’s International Cryptozoology Museum is in bad trouble. Due to some byzantine tax regulation, Coleman need $15,000 to move the museum from his home in Portland, Maine, to a new location. The museum is one of the few places in the world dedicated to the study of “hidden animals”- mythical beasts and creatures unknown [...]
William Henry Gates III, software designer, billionaire, philanthropist and world’s most powerful nerd, is hanging up his pocket protector today, officially retiring from his role as Microsoft Chairman. He will now have more time to dedicate to his many charitable pursuits, shopping for ill-fitting sweaters, and presumably rolling around in giant piles of money. I’m [...]
This entry is cross-posted with blogTO.com. Everyone loves a summit. If by ‘everyone’, you mean scowling diplomats and folks really into the reduction of nuclear weapon stockpiles. But Toronto’s Bad Dog Theatre has come up with an event with much broader appeal- instead of arguing about the number of ICBMs in Poland, the Bad Dog [...]
Pigs: delicious, and apparently indestructible. Unless, I guess, if you eat them. China is celebrating a pig that survived 36 days buried under earthquake rubble, subsisting on leaking water and charcoal. Not surprisingly, it lost two thirds of its body weight. New health trend alert: the charcoal diet! The pig has been named Zhu Jianqiang, [...]
Everybody knows motorcycles are cool. I know it. You know it. Your grandmother definitely knows it. Due to this unassailable coolness, I’ve often contemplated acquring a bike. But which one is right for me? I’m not badass enough for a Harley. I’m too scared to ride a Ninja. And as for the Hondas and Yamahas, [...]