Wednesday, November 09, 2005


  • The Walrus, has the longest baculum of any mammal. Great page of pinniped facts and pictures. (Thanx, PDicky!)

  • Tag of the day: Blue Steel (from Zoolander)
    Phrase of the day (unrelated): Walk-off Home Run

  • "A 40-year-old Maple Ridge man arrested for illegally recycling $1 million worth of pay phones and phone booths into scrap metal raised eyebrows at Surrey Provincial Court when he paid his $2,500 bail with coins."
    Original story now missing, but via The Payphone Project.

  • Stuff you can mount on a Talon Military Robot:
    Gripper manipulator.
    Smoke dropping module.
    Grenade dropping module.
    Breaching tool.
    Gen III night vision camera.
    NBC sensors.
    UXO/countermine systems/sensors.
    Anti-Tank (AT4) launcher.
    Light Anti-Tank Weapon (LAW) launcher.
    40-mm grenade launcher (M203 barrel).
    12-gauge shotgun.
    Mounts for remotely controlled weapons including: M240; M249: M16; M82A1 (50-cal).

  • Howto: Torch a Peugeot (In brief: matches and lighter fuel, but cool anyway).

  • Make Blog is flawlessly wonderful. Every link a must-read.

  • Land-o-links have pre-empted me in a pun I've been mulling over using for months. Nice link-blog though. (qv the now defunct Land-O-Ledges skate wax)

    • // posted by Rufus @ 3:14 pm
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