It is almost impossible to read these descriptions without using a voice like Ed Herlihy's.

Shapeways. The only thing I could think of was Irwin Mainway.

I've seen that in person at the Kwajalein test range. Scary when you stop and think about it...

I've tried several alternative shoe knots and can't get any of them to hold reliably and/or get the laces tight enough.

Alton Brown's recipe for *anything* is probably the best one out there. He leverages the science behind the cooking.

I'll bet they're going to bomb John Wayne's house!

Correct... and an eight month old thread to boot.

I don't remember that part in Mary Poppins??

Urgent care/"doc in a box" is your friend. Going to the ED is the *last* thing you ever want to do unless you are in a... oh, what do they call it...? Emergency! Yes, that's it.

Pftt... my shower does this every morning. Ice cold to scalding when you *look* at the faucet, let alone touch it.

I wonder what the efficiency of the conversion process is? How much energy do they have to use to make the algae in to "oil"?

If so, then I need to eat a skinny person.

OK... please send your iPhone to the moon and have it return some pictures to us, please.

...and if you are late for the dinner scrum, no fruit cup.

Not that much different than launching a Tomahawk...?

So wait a sec... Google shut down Reader and iGoogle because they were "out of date", "difficult to maintain" and "not in keeping with the evolution of the Web"... then they roll this out?

Google should add a coda to their "Don't be evil" philosophy. It would read "...and don't be stupid."

While I am not a maritime lawyer, generally a ship would be assumed to be involved in the transport of goods from one point to another under its own power and control.

So, it's more of a self-propelled barge than a true cargo-carrying ship...

The new machines will only cost $1.5M each and, two years after being rolled out, will be found to emit massive amounts of radiation that is harmful to humans up to 50 feet away.