Hero inventor to drag Canada into the space age

Canada is a great nation -- so shouldn't it have its own rocket-launch capabilities? One British Columbian aims to provide just that with his own brand of high-tech bottle rockets. The current models only go up a few hundred yards (or "metres," as they call them in Canada) but he has plans for a polymer-based version that can go into orbit. ...read more

Harvard profs attempt to fool college students with "science is sexy" lie

In an attempt to coax young people into their profession, a group of Harvard-based scientists threw a "science is sexy" party, in which they demonstrated the scientific basis for romantic attraction. Suckers who are conned into the sciences by this front will discover too late that the job mostly involves applying for grant money and fudging data. ...read more

The online relationship obituary database

People's willingness -- nay, eagerness -- to share their raw emotional stories online with the world never ceases to amaze. One New York public radio employee found a great deal of closure after writing her father's obituary, and so decided to write one for a past relationship as well. She started a site for others to do the same -- which has gotten dozens of entries. Warning: ADDICTIVE!

New underwater car is a convertible

Amphibious cars are definitely on the list of sci-fi advances we've been waiting for. Now that one's finally arrived, there's only one problem: it's a convertible! Apparently it's only "safe" if you do it wearing scuba gear. How would James Bond keep his tuxedo impeccable? watch the video

Geek Comic of the Week: Industrial revolutionary

Another comic aimed making the cubicle-dwelling life absurd, but this one goes way beyond Dilbert. We have two words for you: Vampire temps. ...read more

Band-O-Rama Name-O-Matic

Before you can ditch that lousy day gig and become a musician, you'll need the kind of weird, righteous band name that attracts concert promoters like flies to honey. Here's a tool to make that all-important name selection a breeze. Promise you'll remember me when you're famous. ...give it a whirl!

Top 11 obsolete skills

Robert Scoble offers up a series of tech skills for your consideration that no longer have any real use -- in his opinion, anyway. We admit that slide rules and carbon paper have gone the way of the dodo, but we think that shorthand would be useful to know, and we still adjust our TV's bunny ears, darn it! ...read more

Poll: Would you spill your guts online?

- No way - I don't need the world knowing my business
- Maybe under a pseudonym - sharing might be cleansing
- Sure - We all live under the spotlight today
- Already doing it - That's what my blog is for

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10.5% - Been saved lately
5.3% - Swim in punchy
15.8% - No sing gawky
15.8% - For work the approximate eaves
47.4% - This going to expolad
0.0% - Enormous cider
5.3% - Baron usual

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