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Well now this is just dangerously hyper-cool

nospam@example.com (marc) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:06:20 -0400

Radiohead's In Rainbows is a very good album, but the video for House of Cards is beyond anything ever.

No cameras. All lasers.

New Mac

nospam@example.com (marc) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:18:47 -0400

Yay! I have a new mac. I love my job when it gives me a new mac.

Remembering the Blackbird

nospam@example.com (marc) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:55:45 -0400

The SR-71 was an awesome airplane. A former pilot remembers:

One day, high above Arizona, we were monitoring the radio traffic of all the mortal airplanes below us. First, a Cessna pilot asked the air traffic controllers to check his ground speed. 'Ninety knots,' ATC replied. A twin Bonanza soon made the same request. 'One-twenty on the ground,' was the reply. To our surprise, a navy F-18 came over the radio with a ground speed check. I knew exactly what he was doing. Of course, he had a ground speed indicator in his cockpit, but he wanted to let all the bug-smashers in the valley know what real speed was 'Dusty 52, we show you at 525 on the ground,' ATC responded. The situation was too ripe. I heard the click of Walter's mike button in the rear seat. In his most innocent voice, Walter startled the controller by asking for a ground speed check from 81,000 feet, clearly above controlled airspace. In a cool, professional voice, the controller replied, 'Aspen 20, I show you at 1,742 knots on the ground.' We did not hear another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast.

The SR-71 in retirement, at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center

HT: Ace

It's Blu Ray!

nospam@example.com (marc) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:39:54 -0500

Here's the result of your format war:

Toshiba Corp is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by Sony Corp, a company source said on Saturday.