When an event occurs that raises the awareness of the general population to a risk from a particular threat, the mitigation strategy of many individuals seems to entail taking actions that do not in fact address the threat. Instead they purchase equipment and take actions that only make them feel better with out in fact [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Man-Bear-Pig Flu and Masks
Posted in News, tagged influenza, particulate masks, risks, security, threats on April 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System (ARSS)
Posted in Technology, tagged drone, sniper on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System (ARSS)
More science fiction coming true.
From behind the headboard slipped a tiny hunter-seeker no more than five centimeters long. Paul recognized it at once – a common assassination weapon that every child of royal blood learned about at an early age. It was a ravening sliver of metal guided by some [...]
Nintendo DSi
Posted in Video Games, tagged Nintendo on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I decided to buy a DSi the other day, I was given a lite last year and have found that my use of it has skyrocketed well over my PSP. The lite will now go to a friend who gave me a hand-me-down GBA a few years ago when he upgraded to a DS.
Unfortunately I [...]
Fallout: New Vegas
Posted in Video Games, tagged fallout, new vegas on April 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Courtesy of kir, apparently there is an upcoming expansion of Fallout coming called New Vegas. Let it be noted, they are totally copying me. As a resident of Las Vegas, I am highly anticipating this expansion. I hope they treat Las Vegas a little better than Resident Evil 3. The line “Desert must [...]
The Most Amazingly Awesome Use of Twitter
Posted in Geek Stuff, tagged twitter on April 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
To me, the best uses of Twitter are to show just how stupid it is. This particular example is a cat door wired to a Twitter account which uploads the photo of the cats entering or exiting. It’s actually a really cool project. Whether their intent was to act as The Comedian or if they [...]
WiiSpray: Tagging Without Consequences
Posted in Geek Stuff, Society, Technology, Video Games, tagged Graffiti, Wii on April 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ll admit it. I’m a fan of graffiti.
I’m not a fan of messing with other people’s property. Hence, my dilemma.
So I get interested when I see things like the Graffiti Research Lab’s work with LED Throwies and their work with projecting graffiti art on to buildings:
In that same vein then I took notice [...]
