Monthly Archives: December 2012

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“Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.” –Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina

“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it..” –Al Gore, Vice President

“That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I’m just the one to do it,” –A congressional candidate in Texas …

“Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life,” – Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign

Author, entrepreneur and early Apple veteran Guy Kawasaki talked to ReadWrite Editor-in-Chief Dan Lyons at the second ReadWrite Mix event about how he lived in fear of being publicly humiliated by legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Far from being a … Continue reading →

The Black 4TB (model WD4001FAEX) is one of just a few 4TB hard drives available and meets the standard 3.5″ form factor for hard drives measuring 5.78″ (147mm) long, 4″ (101.6mm) wide and 1.02″ (25.4mm) thick, and it weighs 1.72lbs … Continue reading →

Designed for deep-space locations, NASA’s advanced new Z-1 spacesuit prototype looks really familiar. More

The Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in the U.S., performed poorly this year in a new crash test and failed to get the best safety rating from an insurance industry group. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Camry … Continue reading →

A 3-year-old Australian boy was lucky to escape uninjured after a collection of eggs he found in his yard hatched into a slithering tangle of deadly snakes. Reptile specialist Trish Prendergast said Friday that young idiot wildlife enthusiast Kyle Cummings … Continue reading →

Be back this afternoon.

In the early part of this century, Apple was beholden to Microsoft for the best Web browsing experience on OS X. In January 2003, the company released its own Safari Web browser in order to take control and responsibility for … Continue reading →

While Apple had a stunning $1.05 billion trial victory against Samsung this summer, things generally haven’t been going its way since the August verdict. On Monday, US District Judge Lucy Koh ruled that Apple’s case wasn’t strong enough to win … Continue reading →

From sUAS News: The first images that I saw of this Lego quadrocopter frame raised a smile. On contacting Ed Scott, C#/C++ developer by day and Lego flying robot wrangler by night I was impressed. I also recognised a pattern, … Continue reading →