Tag: history
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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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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…
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History Most Don’t Know, Instances of Future History in the Making, Talented Kids, and other Interesting News
Today’s been another mixed-bag, newsfeed-wise. There’s a lot going on in the world right now and it seems most people don’t even come close to grasping just how much things will change, depending on which way some of it goes. The big one, of course, is the ongoing Net Neutrality fight. But that’s running parallel…
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Some Good News, Some Bad News, and Some Outright Crazy Stuff (You know, as usual)
Kicked off my day this morning with an off-site meeting and then capped it off with two other meetings that popped up out of nowhere. Which, of course, lead to a mad dash to get stuff done… and a list of things that will get in the way of a nice, leisurely Friday in the…