Measure your car's Weeeee! Factor with Wii Remote
Vwvortex.com has instructions on how to convert your wii remote into an accellerometer that can measure you5r car's accelleration and g-forces through a connection to a pc. It sounds like a fun hack.
If someone wants to buy me a Wii, I'll be happy to check it out.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Cheney Gets DeFibbed
V.P. Dick Cheney went in the hospital this week for a new internal heart defibrillator. While he was under anestesia, he passed his duties onto his second in command: Satan.
Despite the new defibrillator, fibbing in the whitehouse is expected to continue without interruption.
V.P. Dick Cheney went in the hospital this week for a new internal heart defibrillator. While he was under anestesia, he passed his duties onto his second in command: Satan.
Despite the new defibrillator, fibbing in the whitehouse is expected to continue without interruption.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Forbes Magazine: The 10 most dangerous vehicles
Drive a Buick Rendezvous, and you might have a rendezvous with death. Well, I may be overstating the point, but the Buick Rendezvous is singled out as the least safe in the group of the 10 most dangerous vehicle as published in the Forbes magazine article linked here. According to the article, recent safety data suggests that electronic stability control is a big factor in avoiding highway fatalities. Most vehicles still don't' have it.
Speaking of Rendezvous with Death
Meet Oscar the Kitty of Doom
According to CNN, Oscar, the resident cat at a nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island, can pick out which patient in the nursing home is going to be the next to die. If Oscar cuddles up to you, it's important to say "I don't want to go on the cart."
Drive a Buick Rendezvous, and you might have a rendezvous with death. Well, I may be overstating the point, but the Buick Rendezvous is singled out as the least safe in the group of the 10 most dangerous vehicle as published in the Forbes magazine article linked here. According to the article, recent safety data suggests that electronic stability control is a big factor in avoiding highway fatalities. Most vehicles still don't' have it.
Speaking of Rendezvous with Death
Meet Oscar the Kitty of Doom
According to CNN, Oscar, the resident cat at a nursing home in Providence, Rhode Island, can pick out which patient in the nursing home is going to be the next to die. If Oscar cuddles up to you, it's important to say "I don't want to go on the cart."
GM Full-Sized SUV Hybrids to get 20MPG in-town?
This fall, General Motors plans to introduce new hybrid versions of its GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe sport utility vehicles. This is a different and more sophisticated hybrid system than the system that is currently featured on the Saturn Vue and Saturn Aura. The Saturn system is a "mild" hybrid based upon a belt-starter-alternator system. The new SUV system will be a full "dual-mode" hybrid. GM actually jointly developed the new system with BMW and Chrysler.
According to the USA Today article linked, GM plans to build 10,000 of the hybrid SUVs this year, and GM will likely subsidize part of the $10,000 incremental cost of the hybrid system.
This fall, General Motors plans to introduce new hybrid versions of its GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe sport utility vehicles. This is a different and more sophisticated hybrid system than the system that is currently featured on the Saturn Vue and Saturn Aura. The Saturn system is a "mild" hybrid based upon a belt-starter-alternator system. The new SUV system will be a full "dual-mode" hybrid. GM actually jointly developed the new system with BMW and Chrysler.
According to the USA Today article linked, GM plans to build 10,000 of the hybrid SUVs this year, and GM will likely subsidize part of the $10,000 incremental cost of the hybrid system.
Latest Poll: Obama whips Repubs
Other Dems - Not so much
In what seems like a game of rock paper scissors, the latest poll numbers show Clinton beating Obama, Obama beating Giuliani, and Giuliani beating Clinton.
If that ain't confusing enough, Edwards & Romney are ahead in Iowa.
Johnny, what can you make of this . . . "a hat, a broach, a pterodactyl"
Other Dems - Not so much
In what seems like a game of rock paper scissors, the latest poll numbers show Clinton beating Obama, Obama beating Giuliani, and Giuliani beating Clinton.
If that ain't confusing enough, Edwards & Romney are ahead in Iowa.
Johnny, what can you make of this . . . "a hat, a broach, a pterodactyl"
PDF Spam - Why it's flooding your inbox
Here's a link to a PCWorld article describing the latest trend in spam, blank files with Adobe Postscript (.pdf) file attachments. Spammers have started sending pdf files because spam filters are getting better at filtering out the image messages that were all the rage earlier this year. There is apparently disagreement about whether these attached documents can harbor a payload that will harm or take over your system. It's better not to open a pdf file you weren't expecting.
Here's a link to a PCWorld article describing the latest trend in spam, blank files with Adobe Postscript (.pdf) file attachments. Spammers have started sending pdf files because spam filters are getting better at filtering out the image messages that were all the rage earlier this year. There is apparently disagreement about whether these attached documents can harbor a payload that will harm or take over your system. It's better not to open a pdf file you weren't expecting.
Youtube video of the Day:
Deposition from hell
Mix an uncooperative witness, a man wearing a stocking cap, and Mama getting hit on the head with a lamp, and you get the deposition from hell at this link.
Deposition from hell
Mix an uncooperative witness, a man wearing a stocking cap, and Mama getting hit on the head with a lamp, and you get the deposition from hell at this link.
From the No Way file:
Ford Posts 2nd quarter Profit
With no thanks to the North American Market, Ford posted a $750 million profit in the 2nd Quarter of 2007. This is Ford's first profit in two years. While the North American automotive operations lost both money and market share. Ford was profitable abroad. Even its notoriously money-losing Premier Automotive Group made a slight profit. Ford Motor Credit broght a billion dollars to the bottom line. Cost-cutting played an important role in the profitability of the company.
Ironically, the reported profit couldn't have come at a worse time. Ford is seeking drastic cuts to its labor costs in the contract negotiations currently under way with the union. Tee better Ford looks financially, the less willing the UAW will be to make the big cuts.
Ford Posts 2nd quarter Profit
With no thanks to the North American Market, Ford posted a $750 million profit in the 2nd Quarter of 2007. This is Ford's first profit in two years. While the North American automotive operations lost both money and market share. Ford was profitable abroad. Even its notoriously money-losing Premier Automotive Group made a slight profit. Ford Motor Credit broght a billion dollars to the bottom line. Cost-cutting played an important role in the profitability of the company.
Ironically, the reported profit couldn't have come at a worse time. Ford is seeking drastic cuts to its labor costs in the contract negotiations currently under way with the union. Tee better Ford looks financially, the less willing the UAW will be to make the big cuts.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Bush's Polyps not Cancerous
Word has come down that President Bush doesn't have colon cancer. As I understand it, the doctor had to send him the results in writing rather than face to face. The purpose was to avoid what happened the last time. The last time, the doctor said,"We have the results, it's benign." Whereupon George blurted out reflexively, "Bingo."
Word has come down that President Bush doesn't have colon cancer. As I understand it, the doctor had to send him the results in writing rather than face to face. The purpose was to avoid what happened the last time. The last time, the doctor said,"We have the results, it's benign." Whereupon George blurted out reflexively, "Bingo."
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