A German company has produced a battery pack that allows an ordinary car to travel 375 miles on a single charge. It’s not a record, but is arguably the most impressive overall performance. The record for a single charge appears to be 623 miles, achieved by a converted Daihatsu van. However, that only averaged 27 [...]
The Angry French Canadian: a 20″ french toasted Parisian baguette covered with poutine, steamies, and bacon, all smothered in 100% pure maple syrup from the tit of The Mother Maple Tree. As a French Canadian myself, I approve of this sandwich, and my very pregnant wife would probably approve as well. Thanks Big Eater!
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A United States agency is calling for the abolition of the kilogram. That’s not to say the National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to get rid of the unit of measurement itself. Instead it believes it’s time to stop using the physical object (or “artifact”) that determines the precise mass that makes up a [...]
Yesterday, when we asked our Facebook fans to send in pictures of their Halloween costumes, we never thought that so many would participate! While we simply can’t post them all (there was waaaayyyy to many for that), we can at least feature a few of the ones we liked best, just like the one above [...]
Well, aside from the curious name (it sounds like what my son says when he eats something he really doesn’t like) it looks like Blekko has people talking. And talking to the tune of $24 million in funding. What on earth is Blekko? According to TechRadar, Blekko is a search engine with a radically new [...]
Ok, yeah, I know, Halloween is over now. But this Dalek pumpkin is just too awesome not to post. Only one Halloween-themed article remaining folks, I promise, and this one will feature some of our awesome Facebook fans. [Via]
Even evil minions can get their fifteen seconds of stardom. [Via]
-Microsoft moves away from Silverlight on the web to focus on HTML5 During last week’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC), ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley asked Bob Muglia, Microsoft’s SVP of the Server and Tools Business, why the company failed to highlight Silverlight in a meaningful way this year. His answer was rather surprising. -Geocities released in its [...]
