Cartoon Ads Cause Bomb Scare in Boston.

What’s up with Boston? LED boards featuring Mooninite character for Adult Swim cartoon "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" had been placed for weeks in 10 other US cities, but caused a bomb scare only in Beantown.

Robotic arm ride

This guy has a lot of faith in whoever's controlling that thing. At one point I think his head is actually being dragged along the ground.

New English Language Street Fighter Manga Coming

For all the things that Street Fighter adaptations have gotten it so wrong (Jackie Chan doesn't count!), here's hopefully some happy news! A spate of new SF manga are making their way to the English speaking world. From the press release: Hot off the success of ONIMUSHA: ...

Human ?Hobbit? is a New Species.

A new study by Dean Falk of the Florida State University and her colleagues sugggested that the human "Hobbits" found on an Indonesian island in 2004 are a completely new species: The researchers believe the 1m-tall (3ft) people evolved from an unknown small-bodied, small-brained ancestor, which ...

Ten Worst Rock Star Plane Crashes.

Blender has this article on the 10 Worst Rock Star Plane Crashes. On number 10 is Buddy Holly: Holly, Valens and Richardson were barnstorming through the Midwest in 1959 on a package tour and looking to avoid a frigid February ride from Iowa to Minnesota aboard a bus whose heater was on the blink. Holly ...

Vimeo NYC Staff Vidblog 001 from Jakob Lodwick

From jakob:Here is the current NYC Vimeo staff, as of today. dalas lives in Portland which is why he isn't in the vid.<br /> <br /> I can't quite tell what's real and what's a joke, and what's half-real. Almost all the tech-speak is a joke and means ...

Homemade Knight Rider K.I.T.T. Car

On the auction block on eBay: a 1984 Trans Am pimped out to be a Knight Rider K.I.T.T. car! Link via Make

Bush: No Plans To Invade Iran

Pres. Bush says no one in his administration is talking about invading Iran, although all options remain on the table

Making Animated Fluids Look More Realistic

brunascle writes "Technology Review has an article about recent advances in animated fluid dynamics made by Mathieu Desbrun, a computer science professor at Caltech. 'He and his team are developing an entirely new approach to fluid motion, based on new mathematics called discrete differential geometry, ...

FLASH: Economy Grows 3.5% in 4th Qtr...

Student wants to 'rent' a girlfriend (AP)

AP - A desperate Chinese university student wants to "rent" a girlfriend for 10 days so he can show her off to his parents over the Lunar New Year holiday, state media reported Wednesday.

Man-sized Gundam Toy.

It’s 150cm X 90cm × 45cm in size. I don’t know how tall japanese people are on average but she seems a bit small. Anyway, this is the biggest Gundam action figure available for sale and, perhaps the biggest action figure in the stores right now. Naturally, these are made in Japan. Link ...

Bald eagle lugs deer head into power lines

Mark Frauenfelder: In Alaska, a bald eagle found a deer head in a landfill and flew away with it. It ran into some power lines and caused a power outage that affected 10,000 residents in Juneau. Workers found the eagle's electrocuted body near the power lines. Link

'DEPARTED 2' IN WORKS...

...DITCHES THE GLASSES AND HIS CLOTHES

World?s Worst Mouse Plague: Millions of Mice Attack Australia.

This stunning home video captured the world’s worst mouse plague, which happened in southern Australia in 1993. Warning: distrubing and icky images of, well, millions of rodents (doesn’t this make you really want to see it?). Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via VideoSift, Thanks James ...

Ancient Stonehenge Village Discovered.

Archaeologists have found an ancient settlement used by the builders of Stonehenge: Excavations at Durrington Walls, near the legendary Salisbury Plain monument, uncovered remains of ancient houses. … In ancient times, this settlement would have housed hundreds of people, making it the largest ...

RUMOR - Punch-Out!! in the works for Wii?

It seems that Nintendo may have something in mind for the Punch-Out!! series when it comes to the Wii.

Thomas Jefferson?s Doodles.

Billy Mavreas of yesway blog posted an excerpt of a 1937 issue of Life Magazine discussing Russel M. Arundel’s book "Everybody’s Pixillated" which features doodles of famous people. This one above is US President Thomas Jefferson, who apparently had a major hobby of creating secret ...

EB Clerk Murdered

A San Antonio EB Games Clerk ws found dead in the store Monday afternoon, police there said. Managers found Amber Belken, 24, at the store about 2 p.m. after going by the store to see why she wasn't answering the phone. Police said a witness saw Belken enter the store alone around 9 a.m. and that they ...