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Wednesday, August 3, 2005 Illinois nudist to spend eternity in a suit. So much for respecting one's last wishes. The neighbors loved him too. Nonetheless, certain people were offended including, crucially, Norton's neighbours. Brenda Loete said she never spoke to Norton despite living next door to him for more than a decade. "We didn't really know him. We just had him arrested," she said. @ 07:42 PM CST [Link] Snopes: Sex offender photo not a photoshop. Talk about losing the genetic pick-six lottery. @ 07:34 PM CST [Link] Short piece about art "terrorist" Bansky. @ 07:31 PM CST [Link] Great little shuttle repair gallery. From the BBC no less. The shuttle... it bleeds! Related: NASA proposal to switch to capsule based rocket using the shuttle's old rockets. So long shuttle-concept. Spacecraft shouldn't have wings anyway. @ 06:57 PM CST [Link] Dogs cloned! Looks like the S. Koreans beat out the Raelian UFO cult in cloning the first dog. Cultists just don't do good science. @ 06:54 PM CST [Link] Monday, August 1, 2005 NASA to go all Waterworld on us. I've come to the Biggest Little City in the World to drink my own pee. Not straight up, of course. First, I'll run it through a new NASA water purification system that collects astronaut sweat, moisture from respiration, drain water, and urine - and turns it all into drinking water. NASA desperately needs this technology. Water makes for a heavy - and expensive - payload. Over the past five years, the agency has spent $60 million delivering potable water to the International Space Station on the space shuttle (6 tons at a cost of about $40,000 per gallon). Deploying the Water Recovery System on the ISS will cut the volume of water hauled into space by two-thirds and free up enough room on the shuttle for four more astronauts. @ 09:00 PM CST [Link] Sunday, July 31, 2005 Giant marionettes used to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Jules Verne's death. Wow, these things are impressive looking. More photos here. Nice crowd reaction shots here. Or just click the next arrow the bottom for all the photos. "Mon Dieu, there's a time traveling elephant outside our window!" Sadly, this boy did not survive the War of the Worlds opening. Also: Short article on the celebration. @ 01:36 PM CST [Link] Keeping us safe eh? Hussain reportedly told investigators the bombers were motivated by anger over the Iraq war. George Bush: We are fighting these terrorists with our military in Afghanistan and Iraq and beyond so we do not have to face them in the streets of our own cities. @ 11:47 AM CST [Link] New find suggests dinosaurs tended young. Aww, they're just like people. Half-ton giant people, that is. Massospondylus? Is that Greek? @ 11:40 AM CST [Link] Incredibly cheesy flash movie by planned parenthood. Talking anthromorphized genitals tell all. @ 11:35 AM CST [Link] How to fold... A bladerunner-esque owl. Or a a paper rocket that actually launches. "Do you like our owl?" "Is it artificial?" "Of course it is, its friggin paper!" Also: How to fold the best paper airplane in the world. @ 11:24 AM CST [Link] [Archives] Search entries: