Soldiers Blogging

Army Lt. General Willaim B. Caldwell says… 
The enemy video tapes operations and then distorts and twists the information and images to misinform the world. What if we had documented video footage of the same operations which refuted what our enemies say? By the way, that is not enough, we have to get our images out [...]

“Why Didn’t I Think Of That?” Department

$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera – Lose The Tripod – Awesome video clips here
via Laughing Squid

Jukebox #5

Remember September — Nothing Else Matters
Weird how things work; or rather, Thing. I didn’t know this, but Thing from “The Addam’s Family” was a family man of his own, or whatever. Listen to his two grand-daughters play Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” on the piano forte. *Clap, clap, clap, clap*
This just occurred [...]

Crashing the Super Bowl media party…

is my next year’s resolution.  How ridiculously great does this sound?
In a rather surprising development, the Gin Blossoms provided entertainment for the evening. In 1994, this would’ve been a coup for the Host Committee. Last night, it was just sad. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a sucker for “Hey Jealousy” and “Till I Hear it [...]

Penny Pinching

Waitable 
Waitable lets you make a list of products from Amazon.com that you want, but also want to save some cash on. It continually watches their prices for you. When they drop by the amount you set, you’re notified via email, RSS, and even an SMS straight to your cell phone if you’d like!

“Super Bull Sunday”

Does domestic violence towards women peak during Super Bowl Sunday?
No.
Are the Pats going to lose? Yes.  Who wants to put a little wager on that?

MoOM

Online museum of PG & E Life covers
via MoOM
Peregrine Falcon nest cam on PG&E headquarters in downtown San Francisco.

I Know That Guy

I don’t really know him, but used to watch him give weather reports from the local KHSL-T.V. station.
I just noticed that he has a hawt post on the WordPress Dashboard. 
In August 2007, due to collaborative work between Watts and McIntyre, NASA’s GISS issued a correction on U.S. temperature anomalies due to a faulty unpublished algorithm. The error mainly [...]

DRV-IN

DRV-IN :  “Manhattan’s only drive-in movie theater”. Seats six. 
Stupido?  I think it would be kinda fun.
via Gridskipper
These things are pretty cool, too.

New York Works

New York Works.
 New York Works is an audio portrait of a vanishing city. From a knife sharpener who still makes house calls to one of Brooklyn’s last commercial fisherman, New York Works tells the stories of those who keep the city’s past alive.
Here’s an illustrated series based on the wooden water tower builders of New [...]