Your Jersey is SOOOO Ugly?

When you’re riding in a paceline, you have time to think. You can ponder the big questions in life. You can think back and review how you’ve lived. You can think about changes you’d like to make in your life. It was on just such a ride a few days ago, my eyes unavoidably on the [...]

Out of Office

Today is a holiday here in Canada (for Canada Day), so today's Savage Chickens isn't really so much a cartoon as it is a celebration of not being at work. I gave this chicken the day off too, by cutting and folding the sticky note to create a 3D "escape" effect.Update: See Behind the Scenes for another ...

Soul Patch

Which one looks good in a soul patch? You tell me![Technorati tags: Cartoons, Chickens, Soul Patch, Hip, Poser, Fashion, Timmy Tofu, Monkey, Alien, PROD3000]

Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July to my readers in the U.S.A.! [Technorati tags: Cartoons, Chickens, Fourth of July, American, Statue of Liberty, Movies]

Baby Bird Punk

This baby bird fell out of its nest and landed in our yard while Marlboro Man was mowing the other day. Lucky for the bird, it was on a spot of grass that had already been mowed; I shudder to think what would have happened otherwise. Blech. It didn't take long, of course, before my own punks found him ...

Why Do They Run?

In order to take these photos of these wild mustangs the other day, I had to park on our gravel road, get out of the safety, comfort, and air conditioning of my vehicle, and walk about 40 yards into the pasture, directly toward the horses. I had to be very nonchalant and casual, being careful not to ...

He's a Cowboy.

And don't you forget it. He's my nephew. And seriously, he's just about as Cowboy as it gets. He's been riding horses since he was covered in amniotic fluid, can just about bulldog a calf all by himself, and knows the ins and outs of ranching better than any eight-year-old kid 'round these parts. So ...

Va. County Passes Law Targeting Illegal Immigrants

Prince William County in Virginia has passed one of the most aggressive measures targeting illegal immigrants. The Board of Supervisors says police will be able to ask about immigration status and county officials will be able to deny such services as non-emergency medical care, public parks, and libraries. ...

Scientists seek galaxy hunt help

The Galaxy Zoo project wants the public to help it classify one million galaxies, to aid understanding of the evolution of the Universe.

Moles 'good indicator to ageing'

The number of moles may offer an indication of how quickly the body ages, a study suggests.

Marble Mathness

This is the TI-7.

Insane Zip Line

The unfortunate thing about this South African zipline is that it drops you off in Namibia.

Another Reason to Say No to Crack

As 99% of you already know, this site has nothing to do with saying no to drugs. However, sometimes it’s necessary to take a breather for a public service announcement. This time, it’s to say: “if you want to convince your friends that aliens visited your uncle’s cornfield, ...

Choices

Date: June 18Mileage: 25.1June mileage: 404.8Temperature upon departure: 49Yesterday I penciled in a weightlifting session at the gym and this morning I scratched it out. Instead, I chose to go out for yet another bike ride. I chose to go for a ride because my eyelids felt as heavy as my legs. I chose ...

Lead legs

Date: June 17Mileage: 35.4June mileage: 379.7Temperature upon departure: 54Shortly after heading out for a ride this morning, I noticed a sensation that I haven't experienced in months: sluggish strokes, blood pumping like peanut butter, invisible weights wrapped around my shins ... lead legs.Sure, it ...

Biking with Geoff

Date: June 16Mileage: 30.7June mileage: 344.3Temperature upon departure: 65Geoff and I both spend a lot of time cycling, but rarely together. There are several of reasons for this. Like many people, our schedules and abilities only brush together in thin strands. He works afternoons; I work evenings. ...

ScienceHack videos

ScienceHack is a video search engine that has a nice chunk of science related videos, I poked around a bit and they did a pretty good job of finding some of the better ones from YouTube - The video here is a time lapse of radishes growing...Time lapse sequence shot using a digital camera set to take ...

Robothon - September 21 - 23 - Seattle

Branden writes -Robothon is an annual event sponsored by the Seattle Robotics Society that is designed by and for hobby roboticists and Makers of all types. It is held every year at the Seattle Center, just north of Downtown. Robothon is completely free to everyone. Vendors will be on hand with Microcontrollers, ...

Clock kit (and contest)

This is pretty interesting, a clock kit and a contest to mod up a case - These kits have the display, breakout board with the "buttons" and the power supply (all the same features as our Gator and Alba clocks) All you need to do is make a cool case to house them in!! Think of this as a Skill Defining ...

SickSack robot

Lars writes -his article is about the robot: SickSack that Aske Olsson and I created for DTU RoboCup 2007, which is an annual competition for autonomous mobile robots held by Automation at the Technical University of Denmark. SickSack snake robot The robot consists of nine cars connected with eight ...