Sep 10
From 4:30am to 12:30pm you can watch CERN’s Large Hadron Collider start up live here. Or maybe not. There’s a good chance that the stream will be overwhelmed and you won’t see a damn thing. But still, it’s worth a shot. This is a pretty amazing moment. I’m not sure why exactly; the physics are …
Dec 23
I know it’s asking for trouble but I listen to conspiracy radio. I also listen to a lot of right wing, angry-old-white-people talk radio. The maniacs on both amuse me. I still haven’t figured out which group is crazier. Some of these people really need professional help. Instead the hosts just encourage their delusions to …
Nov 10
Britain’s former Minister of Defense has warned the public that aliens could attack at any moment. About a year ago, a former Canadian Minister of Defense, Mr. Paul Hellyer, said basically the same thing. Although I watched Hellyer’s speech on TVO, I didn’t talk about it. I have an open mind, am a patient man …
Jan 04
I usually try to avoid posting things that have been covered on Boing Boing. They’re so huge that it seems vaguely retarded to repeat their stories. But sometimes I do it by accident and sometimes I can’t help myself. This is one of those cases. So shoot me. Here’s the stabilized Zapruder footage of the …
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