Amazing — a 400MB HDD that as on-board the Columbia during her disasterous 2003 re-entry was recovered and the data has been used to complete the project. Completely amazing.
The Kroll people managed to recover 90 percent or so of the 400MB of data from the drive with its cracked and burned casing. Now, a few […]

Wow. I wrote a bad review of Cameta Camera and they offered to PAY ME to take it down.
Really the depths these guys will sink to knows no bounds. I recently purchased a Nikon D3 from Cameta Camera, via Amazon. I trust Amazon with these purchases and they’ve never really let me down. The […]

Carolyn and I saw it passing through the SF bay with 2 black tugs. No name visible on the ship. This was the sharpest I was able to grab with my D70. I didn’t have a cable release handy, sigh.
**UPDATE**
BoatingSF shows two tugs leaving the bay at the same time I saw this ship with […]

Albert and Otis go to pick up their friend Euripedes.

I always end-up running out of things to read on vacation. I hoped to have that beat by bringing my Amazon Kindle on vacation, but alas — it had not arrived yet (I got it the day after I came home, will take it traveling soon. I love it at home).
I lugged a ton […]

Trip down memory lane…

I’ve been enthralled with this pen since I was a teenager. In college, I had a part-time job selling men’s clothes in an upscale shop on an upscale shopping street. Every day I would wander into this small vintage gift shop across the road and look at the 2 or 3 Parker 51s they had […]

Sometimes, we all just need to laugh. When I do, I pull the Court Jester DVD off the shelf. While no one will ever Out Fox the Fox, this may be one of the funniest moments in movie history. Danny Kaye is one of my favorite comedic actors of all time; Basil Rathbone is just […]

I know I promised to review the Flip Ultra a few weeks back, but I wanted to wait until I had a chance to really mess around with it. I have. It rules.
There isn’t much to say — low light, bright sunlight: it doesn’t matter! There is really only one button to press: Record.
The real […]

Doug Benson, a former STONER OF THE YEAR at High Times Magazine, has filmed a documentary where he smokes out for 30 days then does not for 30 days.

Check out Corey Haim’s personal website—the blinking evilness will take over your MIND! (Just when I thought Tom Cruise had the title.)
From the about page:
When COREY isn’t busy filming, he enjoys: participating in ULTIMATE FRISBEE and other fun outdoor athletics, cooking for his friends and family, playing video games (especially MYST & SPACE ACE!), chillin’ […]