September 1, 2006 – 8:01 pm
Old news, but damn. A long quest for booty from the Spanish colonial era appears to be culminating in Chile with the announcement by a group of adventurers that they have found an estimated 600 barrels of gold coins and Incan jewels on the remote Pacific island. “The biggest treasure in history has been located,” […]
August 25, 2006 – 12:46 am
So I like Star Trek. Specifically I like Star Trek the Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. TNG started me watching Star Trek, because I can’t stand the original series, but I don’t really enjoy rewatching them much anymore and DS9 is my overall favorite series. I’m currently watching through DS9 again before finally seeing […]
August 24, 2006 – 11:55 pm
[inspic=59,leftclear,fullscreen,thumb] A comparison of the sizes of ships from various sci-fi series. Pretty neat if you’ve ever wondered how the Enterprise sized up against an imperial star destroyer. Full size (read: ginormous) images with readable text and explanations at the link below. http://www.st-minutiae.com/misc/comparison.xhtml
August 24, 2006 – 11:07 pm
[inspic=58,leftclear,fullscreen,thumb] Image gallery of photos from the Yurei-ga gallery at Zenshoan temple in Tokyo. “Yurei” is Japanese for “ghost”, “apparition” or “spirit”. The Yurei-ga Gallery is a private collection of Edo-period (1603 to 1867) scrolls with images of a variety of Japanese ghosts which range from sad, haunted spirits, to ghastly, monstrous demons. Seemed appropriate […]
August 10, 2006 – 7:07 am
These are clips from Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe from the discovery channel. It’s essentially a show where the host, Mike Rowe, travels around and learns about dirty jobs by doing them. It’s one of my favorite shows and I would probably watch it more if I could get my hands on more episodes. I […]