British Typhoon Fighters intercept Russian Bomber

British Typoon Interceptor Jets launched from my home county of Lincolnshire in England intercepted a Russian Tupolev-95 as it approached British airspace sometime last week. So, what the hell to Russia think they’re doing? Obviously it’s them flexing their muscles, … Continue reading →

Atlanta Humane Society using Vick Jersey’s for dog bedding…

Even before Vick pleaded guilty angry Atlanta Falcons fans were busy packing and sending his Jersey’s to the Atlanta Humane Society… Source: Click here. So what are volunteers doing with the jerseys? “We discovered like any donation we get, any … Continue reading →

The “I won’t get sick…” Epidemic

Reading this article about how an in-game virtual sickness wiped out player characters in World of Warcraft (WoW), a Massively Multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), led a researcher to write a real-world medical study on one of the lesser known … Continue reading →

2007 Pre-Season: Chicago vs. Indianapolis

Another pre-season game down, two to go. Even though the Chicago Bears have won both their pre-season games so far, I am wondering how!? Well, they seem to be reliant on special teams again, just like last year. Against Indianapolis … Continue reading →

Whose fault is it if the Shuttle explodes?

Space Shuttle Endeavour will return to Earth today, one day early. Space Shuttle Endeavour will return to Earth, with damage. Of course, NASA didn’t seem too concerned about Heat Shield damage until Colombia exploded on re-entry, so perhaps there’s little … Continue reading →

So what should happen to Michael Vick?

First, we have all heard of situations where someone thinks pleading Guilty gets a lesser sentence and pleads guilty even when they did nothing wrong. We’ll never know if that is the case here, but I suspect not. I suspect … Continue reading →

What Madden says: Indianapolis Colts vs Chicago Bears

So, I let a default setup Madden ’08 run through Colts vs Bears five times to see who won the most and what the scores were, here are the results: 84 Colts – 52 12 – Bears 28 36 – … Continue reading →

Chewing Gum in the Dryer…

What a bloody nightmare… I checked my wifes pockets, I know I did… That didn’t stop MY clothes (somehow the gum left her clothes alone entirely) getting covered in grey, gooey, gum… Does she have a special pocket where she … Continue reading →

How to fix the Windows Vista “Calculating Time Remaining” bug…

No, I don’t think you should disable the search indexing, or that you should fiddle with anything at all. Yes, moving a file is a very basic function and it’s amazing that Microsoft have failed to fix the problem, still. … Continue reading →

Is Global Warming just a lot of badly recorded statistics?

I recently noticed that NASA corrected a Y2K bug, making 1998 no longer the warmest year in history. The warmest year on record is now 1934, 1998 is second and 1921 is third. While walking through Chicago yesterday I also … Continue reading →