Fireworks: Japan's Weather Experiment to Shame the Moon - Gizmodo

Lithium balls of light. Sounds great.

Fireworks: Japan's Weather Experiment to Shame the Moon - Gizmodo: "In its never-ending quest to out-Sci-Fi the world, Japan is treating its citizens to what they're calling a 'space fireworks show' - resulting from an experiment to study the atmosphere. On Sunday night at 7:26 PM (in Japan) an S-520 rocket will be launched into the sky and release lithium vapor into the ionosphere, creating three huge red balls of light - both as big and bright as the moon -- to be seen in the sky for one and a half minutes."

Build a mini CNC for prototyping

Instructables 3-axis CNC

Digital Photography: Rename your digital photos in bulk - Lifehacker

Digital Photography: Rename your digital photos in bulk - Lifehacker: "Digital Photography Rename your digital photos in bulk You've got 342 pics from your trip to the Grand Canyon. Do you have about 3 extra hours to name them something other than 45929_23.jpg? Me neither. Digital photography guru Derrick Story has a workaround: * First, open the folder and select View > Thumbnails. * Click the last picture in the folder you want to rename, hold down the Shift key, and click the first picture; this will select them all. * Right-click the first photo, and select Rename from the drop-down menu. * Windows XP will highlight the filename for the first photo, enabling you to give it a descriptive name. * After you type in the name, click the white space outside of the photo and watch as Windows applies the name with a sequential number to each picture in the folder."

Ring Road opens up August 31

Good news - Ring road will be open again. Now I can walk straight from the parking lot to the engineering building and back to my car each day. This will probably mean that I won't make it to the gym as often as I won't have to walk past it on the way to the car. Also I won't have to put up with all the nature that I walk past everyday and I'll probably start drinking the sub par coffee in Nibbles and Bytes. Actually I think this sucks. I'm going to start a petition to permanently close Ring road so I am forced to enjoy all these things. Who's with me?

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

This movie won't be out until August of next year but I'm already getting psyched about it every time I read about it.

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS!: "What I loved about this movie was that, very much like 'Hot Fuzz', it spoofs the action genre (specifically, Tarantino movies) while still managing to be a pretty great action movie itself. And not only that, it's funnier than most straight comedies could ever hope to be." - Ain't it cool news

Lifehacker Firefox tip - don't type www or http:// or .com

Tricky old Firefox

You already know you can use Ctrl+Enter to avoid typing http://www or .com when entering URLs in the Firefox address bar. Along those same lines, you can even go to a web site's subpages without typing the protocol or top level domain. Try it: type apple/trailers into the Firefox address bar and press Ctrl+Enter (Cmd+Enter for Mac users). Her Foxiness will fill in the http://www and .com in all the right places and zip you right along to Apple's Trailers section of the site. Same works for lifehacker/software/downloads, too. Nifty!

Todt exploring Brawn 'options' - Planet-F1 News - from planet-f1.com

"Ferrari boss Jean Todt has revealed talks remain ongoing with Ross Brawn with regard to his potential return to the team. In his role as technical director, Brawn was the mastermind behind Ferrari's return to dominance in Formula One."

QOTSA General Admission

Due to the closure of the Orpheum Theatre the Queens of the Stoneage
show has been moved to the Bill Copeland Sports Centre located at 3676
Kensington Ave., Burnaby, BC.Doors: 6:30pm

All tickets purchased for the Orpheum will be hounoured at the Bill
Copeland Sports Centre. The show is now general admission. Orchestra
Level tickets will be allowed to access the general admission,
non-seated floor area. All Dress Circle, Upper

Circle, or Balcony seats will have access to the stand seats only .

The mayor isn't optimistic

It's not looking good for the QOTSA concert at the Orpheum. We need a new venue I think. The article I read says the mayor isn't optimistic about a deal before labour day. I guess that's what you can expect when people drop garbage outside his condo.

Inside staff respond to offer: "But Mayor Sam Sullivan said he was disappointed the union rejected the city's two offers -- both modelled on the deal that brought down picket lines in North Vancouver -- and did not share Faoro's optimism about when a deal might be reached. 'I was hoping we would achieve labour peace by Labour Day, which is what would have been the result of acceptance [of one of the two city deals],' Sullivan said, adding that from what he has seen, that no longer looks possible."

Lunar eclipses would be better if they occurred in the daytime

It was too late for me to catch the eclipse last night but I found a site that should have something on it later.

Lunar Eclipse

FOTC

Lower Mainland civic bargaining 2007 - News

Lower Mainland civic bargaining 2007 - News: "VANCOUVER – After reviewing the City of Vancouver's two non-negotiated offers over the weekend, CUPE 15’s bargaining committee hand-delivered a counter-offer to their employer at City Hall today at 9:30 a.m. The union is also calling on the City to return to the table immediately, either independently, with the assistance of a recognized facilitator/mediator or through the services of BC’s Labour Relations Board. [August 27, 2007 09:58 AM]"

Lunar Eclipse tonight August 28/07

Lunar Eclipse: When To Watch In each time zone: "NASA Maps Show When To Watch Eclipse From Each Time Zone"

QOTSA opening band

QOTSA September, 01, 2007 - Orpheum Theater Vancouver, BC with Cage the Elephant

Who is Cage the Elephant?

Send text messages to phones from your computer

Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done

It looks like you should be able to text people from your computer for free. I'll check it out when I get a chance.

Friday Fun: Make Music Online with JamStudio - Lifehacker

Friday Fun: Make Music Online with JamStudio - Lifehacker
I tried this out for a bit and it sounds not too bad. If you're bored and want to mess with some music try it out.

Get rid of the FM Transmitter

How To: Add an Auxiliary Input to Your Car Stereo - Lifehacker

If I'm not too lazy to do this it will be great.

Villeneuve may begin NASCAR career with trucks - Autoblog

Villeneuve may begin NASCAR career with trucks - Autoblog: "Villeneuve is reportedly scheduled to test a Toyota truck in Chicago this Monday for team Bill Davis Racing. It turns out that Bill Davis Racing actually approached the French Canadian's management and proposed the test. Does it mean he'll be swapping paint and saying things like 'Rubbin's racing' by the end of the year?"

Strike offer

Vancouver makes new offer to striking inside workers
The workers have to respond to the latest deal by 12:00 Wednesday. Maybe the concert can happen?

U.S. Customs Seizes Sub Full of Coke

Newsvine - Coke Sub

$352 million is a lot of drugs - 5.5 tons. That is just too much. Seriously, people should know their limits. And who parties on a submarine near the border? That's just tempting fate.

Gun shootin' Josh Homme

GENGHIS TRON Prepares To Enter Studio

This may be the worst or best band in the world for all I know but the name is so awesome I figured they deserved a mention here at least.

Maps and info - not bad

If you're looking for a map with info about the places you are vacationing you should check out Wikimapia

Suprnova.org – The Universal Bittorrent Source

Suprnova.org – The Universal Bittorrent Source: "Some words for non-internet loving companies: This is how it works. Whatever you sink, we build back up. Whomever you sue, ten new pirates are recruited. Wherever you go, we are already ahead of you. You are the past and the forgotten, we are the internet and the future. y'arr!"

-suprNova/The Pirate Bay

Gizmodo shows Sony's Playsation Booth at games convention

I just want some wire!

I just called Home Depot. I was put through to one department then they said I had to speak to the Hardware department then they said I had to speak to the electrical department. I got through to the Electrical department and the guy answered. I told him I was inquiring about the price of 12 gage wire and what length the roll comes in. He said "Oh boy! I'll just help this customer and I'll be right with you. I'll put the phone on my belt." With phone on belt, he finished with the customer. Then I heard him ask a couple of people if they needed help and I was practically yelling into the phone to remind him to pick up. Next I hear him chatting with what I assume is a coworker about how he has a phone interview and that he works awfully hard for the amount of money he gets paid. I am waiting for him to remember that I am on the phone and he is bitching about his job and discussing a job interview. Buddy you are a real prize. I hung up the phone and explain that I had been kept on hold and the lady says they are swamped in the electrical department and that she will have them call back immediately when they have a free associate. And so I wait.

Vancouver's outside workers want signing bonus to end strike

Vancouver's outside workers want signing bonus to end strike: "Vancouver's striking outside workers will not be heading back to the job without a signing bonus, the union representing its 1,800 members said."

I want a signing bonus too.

Not really a Ben Folds Five fan but...

Transformers extended cut heading to IMAX screens soon!

Massive Megatron vs. Enormous Optimus.

Damn Interesting » Outer Space Exposure

Damn Interesting » Outer Space Exposure: "Outer Space Exposure"

Freezing is not an immediate threat in space. Out there you have other problems.

A few songs below

The Kramps-Like a bad girl should

QOTSA - Running joke

Pearl Jam - Masters of War

HBO Orders 2008 Editions Of CONCHORDS & ENTOURAGE!! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

HBO Orders 2008 Editions Of CONCHORDS & ENTOURAGE!! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.: "HBO Orders 2008 Editions Of CONCHORDS & ENTOURAGE!!"

QOTSA in HotRod?

QOTSA play a band called Gown in the movie HotRod. The movie looks pretty dumb though.

Robots: PicoBotz Let You Build Your Own Robot on the Cheap - Gizmodo

Robots: PicoBotz Let You Build Your Own Robot on the Cheap - Gizmodo: "These $77 PicoBotz kits are the perfect thing to let the budding engineer (your kids) get their hands on some robotics. The 'robot' has 180 programmable commands and operates in three modes, obstacle avoidance, sound repositioning mode, and line tracing mode. It also runs on two AA batteries, just like the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica. It's also a good thing these bots have their 'kill all humans and enslave humanity' mode removed. That first version didn't sell so well."

Blind/Deaf Coke is it

QOTSA rarities

Some rare songs by QOTSA - probably heard them all before but not bad to check out.

Tunes

City staff predicting strike to last till fall

City staff predicting strike to last till fall: "Vancouver's four-week-old civic strike could stretch past Labour Day and into the fall, city spokesman Jerry Dobrovolny predicted Monday."

Jerry Dobrovolny sounds like a douche to me.

Seinfeldian Chain

Online Seinfeldian Chain

Are you having troubles getting things done. For long term projects the Seinfeldian chain may be a great motivator for you. For each day you accomplish the related task you get to put an X on the calendar. After you have kept up the process for a few days you see a chain of X's emerge and the key is to not let the chain be broken. Even if you only do a small amount towards the end goal, these small steps supposedly produce large results over time. So try it or don't.

Will the strike interfere with the concert - things aren't looking very good

Talks break down in Vancouver's civic strike: "Talks between Vancouver and its striking unions broke down Thursday, with the union saying there was a complete lack of progress at the bargaining table and the city claiming CUPE walked away."

Meraki's Guerilla Wi-Fi to Put a Billion More People Online: Scientific American

Meraki's Guerilla Wi-Fi to Put a Billion More People Online: Scientific American: "Meraki's Guerilla Wi-Fi to Put a Billion More People Online"

superbad interview

Be Kind Rewind

Be Kind Rewind trailer

Gondry and Black and Def = comic genius

The ipod cometh

Here it is in it's silvery goodness. Glory be to TD. Look at those headphones - so sexy. I think I need to take a minute for myself.

Grab and Drag :: Firefox Add-ons

Grab and Drag

Adds grab and drag scrolling to Firefox. You can grab stuff and move it around like you do with PDF's. It seems to mess my my Netvibes page options though. May be worth checking out.

Surrey deal ratified, talks continue in Vancouver

Surrey deal ratified, talks continue in Vancouver: "Civic workers in Surrey ratified a five-year contract Tuesday evening, leaving Vancouver as the only Lower Mainland city without a collective agreement."

Circle of Life

HOW TO make Escher-like Droste photos

Boing Boing: HOW TO make Escher-like Droste photos: "HOWTO make Escher-like Droste photos"

It looks like it's not too difficult either.

Brush and rinse toothbrush

Redirects the water up to your mouth. Good for spraying anybody that is in the bathroom at the same time as you too.

Google Street View

More cities have been added:

San Diego, Houston, Orlando and LA. Kind of awesome.

Google Street View

Some Wallpapers

InterfaceLIFT is a place you can download different size wallpapers for your desktop. If boredom overtakes you then this could be the answer, for a couple minutes anyway.

Villain Chair | Uncrate

Villain Chair | Uncrate: "Villain Chair

Admit it — you've always pictured yourself sitting behind a huge stainless steel desk laughing maniacally about your threats to blow up the world unless $10 billion is delivered to you in the next four hours. Well, here's the chair you'll be sitting in. The aptly named Villain Chair ($6,800) is an oversize, futuristic chair made of leather, chrome, steel and aluminum — the hallmarks of an evil villain's office chair."

Vancouver, unions set to resume negotiations: city official

Vancouver, unions set to resume negotiations: city official: "The City of Vancouver and striking CUPE civic workers are talking again on Friday, and a city official told CBC News both sides will resume formal negotiations very soon."

Audi Type C Roadster, Pedal Car

7 gears, leather interior, aluminum body, Audi badging, Formula 1 styling, and 2 pedals your kid can pump on.

$13,300

The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org | TorrentFreak

The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org

It seems the guy who had Suprnova is giving the domain to the Pirate Bay. Good news.

Skateboarder Plunges 50 Feet

Skateboarder Plunges 50 Feet - TMZ.com: "At the opening night of the X-Games, the boarder took a terrifying 50-foot free-fall while doing a run, slamming his back onto the ramp -- where he was motionless for nearly five minutes. So heavy."

This fall is pretty crazy. I just made a life decision - no skateboarding on massively insane ramps. I don't care how much I want too - must resist...

Danny Carey of Tool

LiveDaily Interview: Danny Carey of Tool

New trailer for Halloween

Looks freaky enough

Halloween trailer

Alfa Romeo

This looks like a pretty good little commuter - Alpha Romeo 8C Competizione. $200,000.00 - not too bad

Puscifer's new album

Rolling Stone : Tool’s Maynard James Keenan Reveals Puscifer Album Title

“I’m on a mission,” he says. “I’ve been assigned to be the guardian of a highly classified, highly effective Sonic Weapon of Mass Disruption. This sonic technology when ‘unleashed,’ if you will, causes parts of the anatomy to vibrate uncontrollably. … Their bodies will appear to be abducted by the Soul Train, as if J.Lo were auditioning for the ‘Thriller’ video.”

According to Rolling Stone, the name of the album is V Is for Vagina