Category: Facebook Feed
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Being Watched, SHIELD Finale, Amazing Animals, History Underwater, Far Fetched Contingency Plans, and Anticipa…
So, the U.S. military apparently has a plan for dealing with a zombie apocalypse. On first blush, that’s both disturbing and reassuring. But if, like me, you know a bit of the history of contingency planning, you know it’s really not that unusual. There have been numerous times in the history of the U.S. where…
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Giger Passes, Giant Critters, Batman, Daredevil, Furry Walls, Cool History, Science, and a few really funny things
Sometime, my mind does really awesome things at night. Like craft amazing worlds and situations that put any movie to shame with their expanse and visual wonders. Last night was not one of those night. Last night the dream that my mind generated was, at best, a B-grade rode trip rock ‘n’ roll farce. Likely…
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Science, Madness, Ice Cream Truck Music History, Slowly Impending Doom, and More
I’m really not much of a programmer. Yes, my job title technically does have “developer” in it, but I’m really not happy when I have to build things from scratch. I much prefer to mix already working things together in ways that get the job done in a quick and effective manner. Hopefully something that’s at…
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Ant Physics, Lots of Television Show Stuff, Godzilla, and an Awesome Optical Illusion
Over the next week or so, there’s going to be a lot of news on TV shows that get canceled, renewed, and picked up from the list of potentials. That always breeds a lot of laments and cheers from people… and more than a few quirked eyebrows in some cases. It also breeds some great…
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Legal Footwork, Hidden History, Tasty Science, and Some Really Good Ideas
It never ceases to amaze (and impress… and confuse) me what people get passionate about. The big story in the feed today was about the Vibram Five Finger toe shoes class action settlement. Vibram is paying out a pretty penny to a lot of people due to some unsubstantiated claims they made in their advertisements…