Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by horror author H. P. Lovecraft in 1926. The first appearance of the entity was in the short story “The Call of Cthulhu” published in Weird Tales in 1928. Cthulhu is one of the central Great Old Ones of the Lovecraft Mythos. It is often cited for the [...]

Apparently this printer like Monty Python……

I have a question for all material scientists & plastic experts.  I have an Apple wireless keyboard and a near-UV LED flashlight.   As one would expect, many things fluoresce:  tee shirts, white paper, etc.  What is odd, is that only some of the keys on my keyboard do this.  I would expect this to be [...]

On a whim today, we went to the world’s larges ball of twine wound by a single person.  This monstrosity is located in Darwin Minnesota is is clearly the center of this god awful little town. The inspiration for this odyssey was Sam and Max Hit the Road.

Against all odds, I managed to not burn down the apartment with this cheap Target brand portable grill. These things are so wobbly that I’m surprised that there are more accidents involving them and the Darwin awards. The cheap legs kept collapsing when I was trying to set it up. Not safe….but fun.

Just a warning to all considering getting the Nexus One.  According to the T Mobile sales rep I spoke with today (1/09/2010) Google is blocking Visual Voicemail on the Nexus.

It is not possible to opt out of your contract because of a material change and keep your service. Background: I am 22 months in to a 24 month contract.  Sprint made a material change on Jan 1 2010 to my account and on principal alone, I wanted to terminate my contract.  In the contract [...]

I re-discovered this game recently. The last time I played it was on my parents’ AT&T 6300 with CGA graphics!  It is actually a really good game.  It is a table tennis variation with a breakaway wall in different shapes.  Some bricks drop pill-shape items down that change your paddle size, number of balls it [...]

I love this song but until yesterday, I had no idea that this song had a music video.  Wow, it is creepy and weird, even for Daft Punk standards.  It starts out with a title slide that looks like it is straight from the 70s.  I can’t tell for sure, but it appears that this [...]