Clip: Pirates of the Burning Sea Ship Combat

Flying Lab Software has released a teaser trailer of sorts for their upcoming MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea, which features a look at ship combat as well as a tantalizingly brief glimpse of character-based action. The game is looking pretty good...for a pirate game. My feet remain firmly planted ...

England?s Taranis to be one of the largest UAVs ever

January 6, 2007 Yet another potent UAV is in the development phase, this one for the UK Ministry of Defence to be constructed by a team headed by BAE Systems, together with Rolls-Royce, Smiths Aerospace and QinetiQ, plus MoD military staff and scientists. The four year project to develop a world-class ...

Silly String used to detect tripwires for explosive devices in Iraq

January 15, 2007 The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is relatively new to the theatre of war as a mainstream weapon. It was first used en masse by Belarusian guerillas against German supply trains during World War II. Since then, explosive devices have been used to great effect in a number of asymmetrical ...

Rich Legg?s Photography of Light Bulb Burning Out.

Rich Legg took this fantastic photo of a light bulb burning out: What you are seeing is a capture of a lightbulb in the process of burning out. To create the shot, my friend Harley and I removed the glass enclosure of a standard household lightbulb (while leaving the innards intact) and powered it up ...

NASA Love Triangle: Diapered Astronaut Tried to Kidnap Romantic Rival.

From the website: A NASA astronaut is being held without bail after police say she attacked her rival for another astronaut’s attention at Orlando International Airport Monday. Lisa Marie Nowak drove more than 12 hours from Texas to meet the 1 a.m. flight of a younger woman who had also been seeing ...

APPLE warns iPod users against VISTA...

Wii-mote Dissected In Shirt Form

We sure do love them t-shirts, and this blown apart Wii-mote one is no exception. Enough with those Wii-jury memes, here's isometric view of the controller printed on soft Army colored American Apparel shirt. Just look at how it highlights those man boobies! Brian Ashcraft ...

Incredible folding chair

Holy mother of crap. At first I thought it was CG. And then I thought it was magic. And now I'm 100% convinced it's sorcery. Burn them at the stake!

Ice Push.

An Ice-Push is a strange weather phenomenon where shore winds cause ice to be pushed onto the beach. Here’s a clip of such happenings in Miles Cove, Newfoundland, Canada. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via reddit

Sony: Blu-Ray Beating HDDVD

Sony Computer Entertainment of America points out that the Blu-Ray is now officially beating HD-DVD on several levels: * Blu-ray has surpassed HD-DVD in cumulative sales * Blu-ray titles outsold HD-DVD titles by more than a two-to-one margin during the first week ...

Dog Riding a Bicycle.

This dalmatian rides a bicycle better than me! Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Say No to Crack

Cheap, Safe, Patentless Cancer Drug Discovered

PyroMosh writes "The New Scientist is reporting that researchers working at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada have discovered that an existing drug called dichloroacetate (DCA) is effective in killing cancer cells, while leaving the host's healthy cells unharmed. DCA has already been used ...

Aqua Teen Stunt Costs Turner and Agency $2M

evw writes "The NYTimes reports that the Turner Broadcasting System and the ad agency responsible have reached a $2M settlement with the city of Boston and state and federal agencies that treated the light boards placed around the city as an act of terrorism (as covered earlier on /.) Half of the money ...

Hilarious Warcraft-based roommate wanted ad

Cory Doctorow: Three gaming hipsters in San Francisco's SOMA posted an incredible, hilarious roommate-wanted ad to Craigslist, styled after World of Warcraft. They called it WORLD OF HOUSECRAFT, warned of "Suggestive themes, use of alcohol, and mild sexual content" and described a quest to help track ...

8 Million Dollar Car.

This is the Maybach Excelero. It’s a 700 horse power concept car. Hurry up and get yours today! At this price it won’t last long! Link

The TMNT Fan.

Click play or go to Link [YouTube] . Found at VideoSift .

McCain's Advisers Once Made Ads That Drew His Ire...

FLORIDA UPSIDE DOWN...

George Archibald: Despicable Attack

The charge of anti-semitism besmirches your integrity and goes against you in an unexplainable way, puts the Hitler label on you. Why would anyone do that, if untrue, except in a despicable effort to try to destroy a person's character? How dare anyone accuse former President Jimmy Carter, who organized ...

Choose Your Own Flash Adventure

There's a special place in my heart for "Choose Your own Adventure" books, and it's right next to the place in my heart reserved for "Fighting Fantasy" books. Something about all those alternate choices...very interactive for childhood fiction. This flash (shut up, you'll ...