7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics

6 Ridiculous Sex Myths (That Are Actually True)

Nice article over at Cracked.com

Supercarrier 2015: How to Build the World's Most Powerful Warship

The first pieces of the U.S. Navy’s newest class of aircraft carrier—meant to be the cornerstone of American military sea power over the next hundred years—lie in the open air of a shipyard in Virginia. A misting rain is falling on the jumbled field of steel bulkheads, stacks of pipe and 200-ton sections of hull. It’s as if some gargantuan child broke apart his model ship and scattered the pieces on the ground.

Article here.

Supercarrier 2015: How to Build the World's Most Powerful Warship

The first pieces of the U.S. Navy’s newest class of aircraft carrier—meant to be the cornerstone of American military sea power over the next hundred years—lie in the open air of a shipyard in Virginia. A misting rain is falling on the jumbled field of steel bulkheads, stacks of pipe and 200-ton sections of hull. It’s as if some gargantuan child broke apart his model ship and scattered the pieces on the ground.

Article here.

7 Ways to Annoy a Flight Attendant

Funny, but true. Yahoo Travel

The 10 Essential Rules for Slowing Down and Enjoying Life More

Excellent post on an excellent blog. Zenhabits

Awesome Video

Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version


So they take lame video from a classic song, rewrite the lyrics to describe what's happening in the lame video, and then sing it to the melody of the classic song. Brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA

7 Ridiculously Over-The-Top Modifications to Deadly Weapons

All I can say is hell damn yeah! Chain-saw bayonet? Check. Machine gun crossbow? Check.

Cracked.com

Randy 'Mullett" Johnson

Good article over at ESPN on the career of Randy Johnson as he goes for win #300 this week.

The Newspaper is Dead! Long Live the Internet!

I have always liked reading the paper on Sunday mornings, for about 5 minutes. Then I hop over to my computer (well since 96 anyway) and read the news online. I don't have 'to feel the news in my hands' like my dad and some of my friends say. I don't drink coffee, so I don't have to have something to read while drinking my coffee. And in fact, the only time I have bought a newspaper in the last 5 years is to gets the ads on a holiday weekend.

Interesting chart shown after the jump that details the drop in newspaper revenue since the beginning of '06.

Conversely, the middle-grounded Washington Post has begun to attract readers by being more fair in their coverage, having less of a liberial bent that so many other papers and media outlets do. Check out this article for more info.

Happiness Has Nothing to Do with Wealth

Interesting study on how happiness is obtained in relation to the graduates economic status.

Rand’s Atlas Is Shrugging With a Growing Load

Amity Shlaes has a nice review of the book in context of modern leaders and current history.

Atlas Shrugged is one of the best books I have ever read, and not just because of the current economic outlook. It really opened my eyes to a lot of things, some I ended up not agreeing with, showed me the 2D scale of Conservative-Liberal actually has a several more dimensions.

Here is a good article on the Nolan Scale using a Vosem Chart. Go here if you would like to plot your own political leanings in 3D, referenced to the US.

You can buy the book here at Amazon, or try to find a used copy on my favorite online site, Paperback Swap.

Building your own home

Something I've always wanted to do. My wife's Grandfather built their home almost 60 years ago, still living there and still in great shape. Dated, sure. But great shape.

AskMen.com

Online Dating

So I have a friend from High School that got divorced a while back and is looking to get more active into the online dating scene. Since presumably the men she finds in real life aren't all that interesting. Found the below article full of good suggestions if you are a lady looking to date online.

jaltcoh.blogspot.com


As a married man I don't read the personals personally. But I think the author is spot on. If I were to read the personals personally, I don't think I would respond to and ad that any of the stuff he puts in bold, unless she was really hot.

Welcome!

So I post all this random crap that I find all over the internet. I am a voracious consumer of information, being a techno-geek and engineer, and reasonably young. Anyway, I am sure I annoy all my friends with my Facebook and email postings, so going to move it all to this blog and you can read what you wish.

Occasionally I will post my own commentary, something about myself, etc. But mostly this will be a repository for Info That I Find Interesting. Hope you enjoy.

-W.