Yearly Archives: 2006

Ghost Armies and Space Comms

I stumbled across this article the other day and decided I have to blog it. When you’re done checking out the article, check out the rest of the site- lots of crazy stuff.
In May 1963, the US Air Force launched 480 million tiny copper needles that briefly created a ring encircling the entire globe. [...]

Doonesbury on Vets

I made a mental note a few weeks ago to comment on the PTSD thread that’s been running in Doonesbury (the latest was April 30th; May 2007- link to comic removed, they want you to pay for it). I guess I’m a late-comer to this realization, but I’m impressed at Trudeau’s ability to sensitize [...]

Bippity Bloggity Boo

Well, logic (as flawed as ever, of course) suggests that if I can’t contort my schedule and thoughts into daily but succinct bouts of blogging genius (did I mention flawed?), maybe something else needs to budge. So, I’m experimenting with creating drafts of posts when I think of something that I want to blog [...]

2 Geek Points for the Old Fart on the Cruiser

I had the windows down in the car after work today, and while I was stopped at a light I heard what I thought was a radio coming from a car next to me. I looked around and none of the cars had their windows down (damn freon freaks- nothing wrong with our fresh [...]