Wednesday, April 30, 2008
What you see above is a relief carving of a triceratops into the side of fossilized dinosaur poop! Now I don’t know if the coprolite comes from the dinosaur carved on the side…but does it matter?
This same site, tellmewhereonearth.com, sells jewelry made from moose and deer poop! Somehow I don’t think that’d pass [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
As if Google Maps wasn’t already useful enough, they’ve decided to integrate Street View with their driving directions:
(via Ze Frank)
The North Richmond News reports that Richmond’s government is considering a change to the intersection of Laburnum and Hermitage. While said crossing is currently managed by traffic lights, officials are looking at changing the traffic pattern to a two lane circle similar to the Lee Circle at Allen and Monument.
Part of me thinks this [...]
Watching today’s new episode of Good Eats, I noticed a reference to Texas’ “Safe Cupcake Amendment.” Yes, it’s real, and yes, there’s stupidity on both sides of the “issue.”
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay outta my price range, but way WITHIN my idea of an awesome place to park my tuchus.
If you can stand the loung-o-rific snooze tune playing in the background, check out this short video clip depicting the manufacture of plastic bottles from a mixture of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), recycled plastic, and plant sugars:
I researched this a little further and discovered that NatureWorks, the company which produces this plastic, is a joint venture [...]
This is almost seven minutes, but it’s like fuel injection for your soul. Plus, the little kid waving his head around like a maniac is totally awesome.
I’m not a huge video game player, but there are some series of games which I adore. Mario Kart is one of them, so today I purchased the latest title for the Wii.
This game is AWESOME.
The steering seems reasonably sensitive out of the box, the tracks are excellent (especially Wario’s Gold Mine), and the [...]
I’m a huge fan of 30 Rock - Tina Fey’s razor sharp writing and comedy timing keep me entertained for thirty minutes every Thursday night. So I was okay with the idea of going on a date with my wife which included a viewing of Baby Mama, which opened last night. Until I [...]