Subway Shots

I don't normally link to such mass-media sites as ABC, but they have some nice photos of subways around the world.

Bristlebot

Take a toothbrush, a battery, and a pager motor, and you've got a Bristlebot.

(Kinda reminds me of Abe Simpson: "A fax machine is nothing but a telephone and a waffle iron!")

One proton torpedo?

Do you really believe the Death Star was destroyed by a single proton torpedo? Or are you ready to ask uncomfortable questions?

Slate on Being Vegetarian

Before los bros. Paci email this to me, here it is.

Though I do wish more restaurants would go to the tremendous hassle of having two meat-free dishes. That way I'd visit them more than once a year.

Quote of the day

"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something."

Robert Heinlein, Time Enough For Love -- US science fiction author (1907 - 1988)