Afrotech mods -  the website that bills itself as “ghetto hardware fun” has a great video up on YouTube.  It is a montage of components being destroyed by over voltage, current, or reversed polarity.  There may be some educational value…but it is just fun to watch.

A hacker PSA from what looks to be the early 90′s.  This looks like a winner!

The city of the FUTURE (1950) as predicted in 1925.  Thanks for the good laugh, Popular Science!

But labeling a box “IED” might not be the best idea at a major airport.  I found this box at a Delta counter in Minneapolis / St. Paul airport.  Is this for real or was some over caffeinated misanthrope of an employee trying to mess with travelers?   I wonder if TSA gives you a [...]

This pretty much is the definition of the WTF tag.  Why would a sewer grate be charged to 480 volts?  That seems like a bad idea, imo.  (I took this photo on 7/11/2010 in Minneapolis off of 3rd Avenue downtown.) If you work for the city of Minneapolis and have any idea what this is [...]

Spotted at Bobby and Steve’s Auto World on Washington Avenue on July 7th.  Who ever did it did a nice job. Marty McFly: [looks through a camcorder] This is uh… This is heavy duty, Doc. This is great. Uh, does it run, like, on regular unleaded gasoline? Dr. Emmett Brown : Unfortunately no, it requires [...]

I think she is better than I am with my car…