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  Zepplin Sighting

  10.25.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Zepplin Sighting

  New Zepplin NT04Attribution: Airship VenturesSeventy one years since the last call from a Zepplin (the last time was the Hindenberg and that didn’t turn out so well,) I saw the one in this picture off the coast this morning. At the time, I didn’t know anything about it. Now, I know that Airship Ventures has […]

• Technology & Science, Travel

  Trip to the Bone Room

  09.28.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Trip to the Bone Room

  Articulated Skeleton of Sumatran Spitting CobraAttribution: Bone Room Have you ever wondered where you might find a set of human ribs? How about a lose ulna or fibula? Have you ever had a hankering for a bat skeleton set in lucite? How about a horse tail? Gemsbok horn? Do you need a human skull that […]

• Technology & Science

  Massive Bot Attack

  08.23.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Massive Bot Attack

  Over the past week, we’ve been bombarded with a web-bot trying to do nefarious things like determine which sites are vulnerable and then launch a systematic attack at a later date. They were unsuccessful. The signature of the attack looks like this: DECLARE%20@S%20CHAR(4000);SET%20@S=CAST(0x444**snip**%20CHAR(4000));EXEC(@S); Pirc Defense A solution to the attack is to modify your .htaccess […]

• Technology & Science

  Slo-Mo Lightning

  08.10.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  The video above is short, and very interesting. Lightning can travel at speeds of up to 134,000 miles per hour and may reach tempertures of over 54,000 farenheit. Now that’s fast and hot! Pretty cool phenomena, lightning.

• Coastal Stuff, Innovation, Technology & Science

  The Hybrid Difference

  08.08.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on The Hybrid Difference

  Photo of MPGAttribution: Mike Harding This morning marked the first real test of my hybrid (2005 Honda Civic) enroute to work. As you can see from the photo to the right, the trip is nearly 40 miles one way and the mileage recorded was 49.9 miles per gallon. Whoo hooo! That’s quite an improvement. But […]

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