Our landland started having static whenever it rained. It got worse and worse until we could hardly complete a call. The phone company sent technicians to our home. there was not a single one who know

We used to sell invisible cloaks at the store. Customers would take the cloak into the changing room to try it on. We would never see the customer nor the cloak again. Due to the high loss rate we decided

The lifespan of a building is determined by its cheapest component. Many construction companies use materials that will only last 40 years or so which means that their buildings will be torn down in the

I've heard that some people have allergic reactions to implants. I saw a video of a person who became allergic to their wedding ring after a titanium dental implant. Apparently titanium implants release

Apple builds planned obsolescence into all of their phones. All the iphone owners I know complain about having to replace their dead phones with new phones on Apple's schedule. I think people are jealous

The nice thing about building a database for a swap program is that you can use the database to examine the full history of the swap. I like sqlite3. sqlite3 is a lightweight portable database that works

I've seen popular science articles about the interaction between vitamin d and the free fructose in HFCS. I haven't drilled down to scientific articles. The same problem happens with invert sugar and agave

If your dropped all of the transactions in a database, you can find all of the missed transactions with an outer join. !PIZZA

It would be helpful if local news reported the UVB index during the winter. I am of the opinion that the sun is the best source for vitamin d as naturally metabolized vitamin D is likely to provide the

Byte was my favorite computer magazine. I read it cover to cover for several years, but grew tired of it when it started becoming redundant and commercialized. !WINE

The Africans who were taken as slaves brought Okra to the United States. It has since become a star ingredient in Cajun cooking. The term "cajun" refers to descendents French immigrants who

Sadly, just about every country on the planet is struggling with energy needs. This is made worse because politicians have placed unreasonable regulations and constraints on their electrical grid. On the

Here's a joke to enjoy with your float: !LOLZ

I noticed several hundred punks were on sale; so my guess is that the heyday of the punks is past. I should have sold the punk a year ago. !WINE

They gave me stronger and stronger eyewear as a kid and my eyesight quickly diminished until I was dependent on the glasses. I am not sure if they were knowingly doing wrong. On hindsight, I wish I resisted.

In the early days of the Internet, Webmaster fell in love with Google because Google sent them traffic. The Internet community followed the webmasters and Google won the search engine wars. Google Translate:

There appears to be a hinge on the "chopsticks." This robot is using tongs ... not true chopsticks. !WINE

I didn't own a walkman as they were too rich for my blood. iTunes was free; so I downloaded it and got some free music. I ended up buying a low end iPod as it was only about $10. It broke after a few uses.

Crows are inate thieves. This is probably the reason why the do well in a human dominated world. They also are smart. They seem to have the ability to remember people and hold grudges. So, if you are mean

Starlings like to harass big birds. Starlings are invasive in the western US; so it is common to see starlings attacking birds. I encountered an interesting scene: Two starlings were attacking a peregrine