Speaking of Godzilla, it’s obvious no surprise that every country needed to get in on the “giant monster crushing city” game – Denmark had Reptilicus crushing Copenhagen way back in 1961, Hong Kong released Thunder Of Gigantic Serpent, and the … Continue reading →

The Moscow-Vladivostok Highway has barely been open a month and already folks are building a road to the South Pole. Opening date: 2006

This is the coolest trivia item ever. I’m also annoyed that I’ll just miss the July 12 event. Besides it being the start of the summer, today is very special: The sun will set in the centerline of every NYC … Continue reading →

The cold war was ripe for all kinds of black humor, but this one blows me away. Especially given the basic computer security paranoia about changing your default passwords. The Strategic Air Command (SAC) in Omaha quietly decided to set … Continue reading →

I have seen a great deal of badfilm over the years, but never have I seen anything like The Apple before. Or will again, as there’s only ever going to be room for one biblical dystopic glitter disco movie. I … Continue reading →

Stock prices in real-time = tired. Area gas prices in real-time = wired

Taking a cue from French regulations on bread making and German laws on beer production, the Italian government is creating legislation as to what is and isn’t real Neapolitan pizza. It decrees that a Neapolitan pizza must be round and … Continue reading →

The manned space program (at least the non-NASA part of it) returns to where it all started – the dust, mothballed airplanes, tortoises, and old diners with magnetic flatware of the Antelope Valley. The Federal Aviation Administration’s Associate Administrator for … Continue reading →

A public service announcement to all readers: when was the last time you backed up your files? For when (and it is a when) your hard drive starts making the sound of oil hitting a scalding hot wok, you’ll want … Continue reading →