The World’s Safest Table Saw
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006This was pretty ho-hum for me until I watched the demo video. Just plain amazing—it stops cutting in about 5 millseconds.
Archive for January, 2006
Chicken-Powered Nuclear Landmines
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
My favorite quote from this article: “Hiding nuclear weapons in an allied country was deemed ‘politically flawed’ by military leaders.”
The English Pronoun Problem
Monday, January 9th, 2006Here’s a short and interesting read on the history of gender-neutral pronouns in the English language. The use of “he”, “him”, “his”, etc. as generic pronouns was done via an act of Parliament in 1850.
Tax Law and Virtual Worlds
Monday, January 9th, 2006
A thought-provoking article on how US tax law may apply to goods in virtual gaming worlds.
Poetic Justice
Monday, January 9th, 2006This is just too funny…
