Archive page 72
By the Time You Read This, James Cameron Could Be at the Bottom of the Ocean
It’s go time. The man who directed the most successful film in movie history twice is about to embark on his greatest adventure yet. James Cameron will begin his descent into the Pacific Ocean, weather permitting, sometime this weekend....
Nokia Wants to Give You a Vibrating Tattoo So You Don’t Miss Calls
Nokia has applied for a patent which amounts to tattoo which would accommodate customizable buzzing for your phone. Here is how it would work: The patent application describes “a material attachable to skin, the material capable of...
Doctor’s New Companion, Pond’s Exit Revealed
Dissecting the Stephen Moffat Doctor Who press conference today. How many episodes? We will get six this year including a blockbuster Christmas special (MUCH more on that in a bit) and then eight more to round out this season in 2013. When...
Man Says He Knows the Road to Heaven, Coy on if it Involves Stairway
A South African man claims he has been to heaven four times and has drawn a map. Self-styled prophet Mthembu says there are 11 heavens, so nuts to you if you had seven in the office pool. He made his first journey to one of them in 1998,...
Our Favorite Take Away From SpaceX on 60 Minutes
Elon Musk got his close-up beauty shot last night on CBS’ venerable newsmagazine 60 Minutes. His company SpaceX was the subject. Here was our favorite impression. The biggest geeks about SpaceX work at SpaceX. Every employee interviewed...
Down With The Sickness [The Walking Dead Dissection]
A season comes to a close with the cast a little lighter, many bullets fired and a few lessons learned. This might not be a democracy but it is the final Dissection of the year so you might as well click through a read it.
SpaceX Will Launch First Commercial Spacecraft to Spacestation on April 30
We finally have a date. SpaceX announced they will send the first commercial spacecaft to spacestation into orbit on April 30th. If successful, the unmanned Dragon capsule will dock with the International Space Station representing a major...
Why You Should Be Excited by Rumors of The Doctor’s New Companion
First, for a moment, let’s assume the rumors are true and Sophia Myles will return to the Doctor Who franchise as a companion in the post-Amy Pond era. Many keen eyes will remember Myles as Madame de Pompadour in the superlative season two...
Fox Licks Window
I think he might have some sort of vitamin deficiency. Second fox related post of the month for those keeping track. [Animal Oddities]
Nightmare Sea Snake Trolling the Waters of Australia
“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.” What a malarky sentence. It’s never safe. Ever. Stop thinking that people. There will always be something in there to kill you. Take this brand new sea snake discovered off the...
Everything Is Different [Walking Dead Dissection]
There has been a lot to criticize about this season. A lot. But one thing that’s been beyond reproach for The Walking Dead. They know how to reach a destination, no matter how convoluted the path there might be. Sunday’s episode marked one...
500 New Horrifying German Fairy Tales Discovered
Who’s excited for reams and reams of new stories that are likely gloomy, brutal and horrifying only for them to be whitewashed into super child-friendly parables and then re-darkened into adult action-adventure yarns? Well today is your...
First Look: Submarine that will Bring James Cameron to the Bottom of the Ocean
Yup, that’s it. Inside that piece of machinery will be James Cameron as he conquers the freaking ocean. For those unaware, in the next week or so, Cameron will descend for three and a half hours until he settles at the bottom of Challenger...
Man Mugged By Fox
After a man left a grocery store, a fox stalked him and would not leave the man alone until he gave the fox some of his food. This was a fully grown man, by the way, weighing in at over 200 lbs. “Despite making attempts to escape, the fox...
Goodnight [Walking Dead Dissection]
An episode of long deliberations and a shocking conclusion. We debate the shocking end of this week’s Walking Dead AFTER THE JUMP…
King of the World to Challenge Neptune for Lord of the Sea!
In one corner we have serial entrepreneur, self-admitted wife swapper and daredevil explorer Richard Branson. In the other, the man who leap frogged his own film as the high grossing in box office history, James Cameron. Their shared...
Majestic Light Beam Erupts from Mayan Temple in iPhone Photo
Is this final proof of the dire Mayan 2012 prophecy? Most likely not. But it is a totally sweet light beam shooting out of the top of the Mayan city of Chichen Itza. It was taken by a tourist who was trying to capture a lightning strike in...
Andrew Mayne’s Hit Debut Science Fiction Novel Public Enemy Zero Only 99¢
SPONSORED POST Listeners of the Weird Things podcast may only know Andrew Mayne as the learned, science loving host of a funny audio program. But many others now know him for his fiction writing. His debut novel Public Enemy Zero has lived...
Okay, Don’t Look Now But An Asteroid Might Kill All Of Us in 2040
Seriously guys. Don’t panic. The space rock, which is called 2011 AG5, is about 460 feet (140 meters) wide. It may come close enough to Earth in 2040 that some researchers are calling for a discussion about how to deflect it. Time to talk...
The Legend of the Brown Mountain Lights
It’s one of our favorite phenomenons. An etherial happening that captures the hearts and minds of those who see it. Are the Brown Mountain Lights alien? A reflection? A natural gas formation radiating ambient echoes from the world around...