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Exhausted Element
2007-11-05 21:44:56
Helium is the second-most abundant element in the universe. But here on Planet Earth the gas is getting harder to come by. A worldwide helium shortage is affecting everything from the party industry to medicine.story (w/podcast) is HERE
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Driverless Derby
2007-11-05 21:19:03
VICTORVILLE, California - A Carnegie Mellon University team of engineers and their tricked-out, driverless Chevy Tahoe won $2 million for winning a Pentagon-sponsored robot race in the Southern California desert.Guided by cameras, lasers and a sophisticated on-board computer, the team's sport utility vehicle merged with moving cars - some piloted by stunt drivers - navigated traffic circles and avoided obstacles at an average speed of 14 mph.story HEREmuch more HERE
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Johnny Cash Receives Pardon
2007-11-05 21:05:22
Starkville, Mississippi - Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival, a three day series of music and other events to honor Cash drew fans from as far away as California who flocked downtown to celebrate the life and legacy of Johnny Cash, who was jailed for public drunkenness in Starkville after a 1965 concert at Mississippi State University. Cash was picking flowers from a woman’s yard when he was arrested. Cash was pardoned for his crime during the festival.Marshal Grant was Johnny Cash’s bass player the day Cash decided to go flower picking and said that day really affected the singer’s life.“I was here with Johnny when he went to jail that morning and this is my first time being back in this town since that day. When Johnny got out that morning, his arrest played a big part in his life.”So much so he wrote a song about the ordeal called, “Starkville City Jail.”more at www.pardonjohnnycash.com
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David Copperfield is Screwed (Part II)
2007-11-05 18:04:00
Copperfield Secret Documents and a threatening letter David's lawyer sent to David's employees -- after the investigation was revealed -- telling them they had a duty never to talk about what David was really doing at his show.
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JENKEM
2007-11-05 17:33:57
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Who Killed Laura Palmer?
2007-11-05 13:50:29
In 1990, while many of you were tuning in to "Cheers," "The Cosby Show" and "Murder, She Wrote," there was a television revolution going on at ABC. The breakthrough show would be the brainchild of a cult filmmaker who had been referred to by Mel Brooks as "Jimmy Stewart from Mars." "Twin Peaks" was the series, and David Lynch (with Mark Frost) was the creator and presiding genius. A newly released 10-disc DVD box, "Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition," offers the series' two seasons, two versions of the pilot, a huge batch of extras and deleted scenes. The set is a reminder of how completely some movies and TV shows can be absorbed into pop culture - the program has been imitated and parodied so often that it takes an effort to remember what a milestone it was.San Francisco Chronicle review (w/many links) is HEREDVD box set available HERE
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BREAKING: Google Announcement coming at noon today
2007-11-05 13:26:30
Google will be holding a conference call at noon eastern to unveil the details of its long-rumored Android mobile operating system. Joining CEO Eric Schmidt will be other members of the 34-member Open Handset Alliance, including the chief executives of Deutche Telekom, HTC, Qualcomm, and Motorola. According to the press release, the "Android platform will be made available under one of the most progressive, developer-friendly open-source licenses," and will be composed of a "fully integrated mobile 'software stack' that consists of an operating system, middleware, user-friendly interface and applications." More details to follow.
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Cops Ban Videogame
2007-11-05 13:25:48
Remember that urinal-based racing game that was making the rounds this summer? You know, the one you drive with your pee, and which warns you against drunk driving if you're not controlling your car too well? Well the Belgium police didn't seem to find it too amusing, and have banned the "Place to Pee" version of the game installed at GamePower Expo in Gent, Belgium as an indecency offense. We're guessing the placed out of the money in all those exciting men's room round robin tourneys.
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THE PUNCHLINE
2007-11-05 13:24:48
"The Atlanta International Airport is now considering shorter flushes in its bathrooms to help cope with the drought. Shorter flushes on their toilets. Or as Sen. Larry Craig calls that, speed dating." -- Jay Leno
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Hannah Montana Screams into Town
2007-11-05 13:24:16
The Disney Universe rolled into San Jose California at 4pm yesterday.Hannah/Miley and her opening act, The Jonas Brothers, brought a polished show that had clearly spent a lot of time in rehearsals, and the set was on par with the flashy stuff I’ve seen at concerts featuring actual musicians...Go figure, it wasn't a Ken Feld Disney on Ice Production.The Hannah Montana concert could have been as eminently unwatchable as the TV show that spawned it. Instead, from an adult’s point of view, it was, at the very least, better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick...Although just about as pricey based on the medical bill vs the 30-50 dollar t-shirt purchases that were going on.Oh, my God, people. The shrieking! I’m not kidding, I nearly lost my mind because of it. Like, literally, my mind nearly snapped in half and came leaking out my lifeless ears like brain-scented Jell-O.I have never heard shrieking like what revolved around the San Jose's HP Arena. This was a noise that was n ...
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Internet Reprieve
2007-11-05 08:27:34
In the 1980s, conservatives and feminists joined to fight a common nemesis: the spread of pornography. Unlike past campaigns to stamp out smut, this one was based not only on morality but also public safety. They argued that hard-core erotica was intolerable because it promoted sexual violence against women.Though the Bush administration has put new emphasis on prosecuting obscenity, on the grounds that it fosters violence against women, pornography is more available now than ever.But, a Clemson University economist Todd Kendall suggests that adult fare on the Internet may essentially inoculate against sexual assaults.In a paper presented at Stanford Law School last year, he reported that, after adjusting for other differences, states where Internet access expanded the fastest saw rape decline the most. A 10 percent increase in Internet access, Kendall found, typically meant a 7.3 percent reduction in the number of reported rapes. For other types of crime, he found no correlation with ...
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Nazi Death Camp Rock Show Canceled
2007-11-04 11:05:55
BELGRADE, Serbia — A rock concert planned for Saturday at the site of a World War II Nazi death camp in Belgrade was canceled after protests.the story is HERE
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