Leland Orser is 43. He doesn't look that way. The photo is him as Purvis in Alien: Resurrection (he would have been about 35 at the time of filming), though I...
Leland Orser is 43. He doesn't look that way. The photo is him as Purvis in Alien: Resurrection (he would have been about 35 at the time of filming), though I...
Urk. First Leo left as co-host of The Screen Savers--but he was still around in a nightly segment, and as host of Call for Help; fair enough. Now he's off...
Urk. First Leo left as co-host of The Screen Savers--but he was still around in a nightly segment, and as host of Call for Help; fair enough. Now he's off...
Know what takes up all your time for a month and a half? Moving. A long commute. Your job suddenly getting doubly busy and a lot more stressful. Smacking the...
An interesting article in today's Chicago Tribune reports on the AP Calculus program at Chicago's Lake View High School, where more than a third of the seniors...
The BBC announces that they're reached an agreement with the estate of Terry Nation to use the Daleks in the 2005 Dr. Who television revival. How did this one...
I had heard rumors of the man who discovered the Press Your Luck pattern from my friend Greg. Greetings my friend. You are interested in the unknown . . . the...
Dave Matthews literally takes a dump on his fans--and I'm not one to use "literally" lightly. -- Posted by erik to HipSmart at 8/10/2004 09:53:05 AM...
From Slashdot comes news of Toronto's new downtown cooling system using water from the bottom of Lake Ontario as a heat sink--a gigantic water-cooled,...
Another cool mention from Slashdot, Distributed Proofreaders is a group dedicated to adding books to Project Gutenberg at a fantastic rate using a method...
Arizona of the NL (the dogs of MLB) and Toronto, Kansas City, and Seattle of the AL have been eliminated from the post-season. Tampa Bay is battling to stay a...
I discovered an enclosure in my package of Alpine Lace Reduced Fat Cheddar cheese the other day when I was making a sandwhich. The enclosure includes some...
The Canadian province of Alberta has a rat control program stretching back to the 1950s that has successfully kept the huge region completely rat free. Part of...
There's two ways we can do this: Get the Straight Dope Knowing is half the battle--read the script to G. I. Joe: The Germ "This is the best date I've had in...
I share the sentiments of loopback_127001, who laments in the games.slashdot.org discussion on "Economics of a 2D Adventure" : Perhaps in this specific case,...
The Chicago Tribune has corrected the sub-headline in the online version of today's front-page story, "City Schools to Lose Their Fizz." The print version...
On the bus this morning, I could see the back cover of a paperback that a woman was reading. I missed the title, but the description on the back began with...
On the bus this morning, I could see the back cover of a paperback that a woman was reading. I missed the title, but the description on the back began with...
Following the successful release of my mystery set in a doctor's office , I'm working on the followup, set at a rock 'n roll concert: Well, It's One for the...
Found this story over at iPodlounge: Wireless headset adapter for iPod coming next year . Bluetooth would be way too slow for syncing the iPod to your...
Despite the fact that Fry's Electonics doesn't have the same rebates as their online store (Outpost.com), I went ahead and spent $50 on this 54Mbps Wireless...
Hey, no one told me that you can get the debut album by Liam & Rachel & Nick & Patti over at the iTunes Music Store. Hot bat wings! I was going to spend the...
Walking through Union Station this morning, I noticed a new kiosk over by the veding machines: a Target gift card vending machine. Did you forget to go...
One of my favorite parts of the Metro section of the Chicago Tribune is the column "Getting Around with Jon Hilkevitch" about mass transit and local traffic....
It's a transit kind of day. Following a link from This Is Grand , I discovered this comparison of subways around the world depicted on the same scale. Wonder...
Here's one for you owners of older Mac keyboards (I have the original keyboard that came with my B&W G3 tower--it has a power button on it, but not an eject...
Nintendo's new ad campaign for the new colored/printed desings of the GBA SP features a light blue GameBoy on a surfboard. But, then, the Graffiti GBA ("Rail...
CGM has gone blog! It used to be a PDF magazine, which I enjoyed printing out and stapling together to read on the train--very anachronistic, just like the...
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