Author Archives: Robin

Coal based jet fuel

Posted on May 16, 2006 by Robin

The USAF is playing around with alternative fuels to fly their planes with, as the amount they use anually accounts for half of the total US governmental useage of fuel. By mixing coal with normal fuel they have something that will decrease their reliance on normal petrol.

The end of banana’s?

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Robin

This New Scientist report is very sad if it’s true – apparently the banana’s we eat can’t reproduce themselves, and the trees that make them are being attacked by a lethal funghus. So pretty soon, no more banana’s from India!

Russian Helo crashes in the sea

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Robin

Sensational / Impressive video of a Russian helicopter crashing whilst on excercises with the Chinese. Hope the crew and passengers are OK.

Google Trends show how holier than thou Muslims really are

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Robin

Looking for SEX shows that the countries that search for it most on Google are Muslim 🙂

ICANN should be called ICAN’T

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Robin

Showing what a joke the supposed independance of ICANN is, they’ve just cancelled the .xxx TLD, probably under heavy influence from the third reich of the USA Christian lobby. Freedom of speech? Not if the USA has any say in it.

MS Patch destroys Flash interaction

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Robin

A bit late, but apparently due to some patent issues, MS launched an update on April 11 which breaks Flash object interactivity in IE: you have to click the object before it will do your lovely mouseover type stuff. Well done Eolas, you’ve broken a large segment of Internet. This is yet another example of the ridiculousness of the US patent system and another reason to fight it here in Europe.
The link contains a discussion on the subject and fixes for developers.

Grapefruit juice is good for drug absorbtion

Posted on May 11, 2006 by Robin

The reason is an intestinal enzyme called CYP3A, which partially destroys drugs as they are absorbed. Grapefruit juice, like no other fruit juice, interferes with CYP3A, so the body ends up absorbing more of the drug.

So if you want to get really REALLY fucked, drink this!

CONSCIOUSNESS FIELD RESONATOR

Posted on May 11, 2006 by Robin

This guy hooked a few hundred random number generators up all over the world and they feed to a single output. When major world events occur statistical anomalies occur with the random number generation. Caused by world consciousness or something.

The CannaCave

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Robin

Fred Strunk has pled guilty to manufacturing pot in a natural cave below his house. There are around 850 plants in there, protected by doors, video camera’s and escape hatches. He had a slew of false identities and he spliced the power for the cave. He was ratted out by workers of his, had to leave his high life alone.

Air purifiers don’t

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Robin

Turns out that air ionisers purify by putting out smog. So much so that they would cause a stage 2 alert in a major city.

Professional Pilots Rumor Network

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Robin

Somewhat like the Army Rumor Network (link somewhere in here) but for pilots. In the military Aircrew forum there’s quite a few RAF types.

Streetfire Videos

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Robin

This site has loads of videos involving cars, engines, motorcycles, women – mainly geared at the street racer type. Big collection.

Sea Harrier Videos

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Robin

Some Royal Marine has a page of video’s flying the SHAR from carriers.

Hit Air Jackets

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Robin

This jacket is like an airbag for the motorcycle. Once the cable connecting the jacket to the motorbike is disconnected, the jacket inflates pockets in the jacket with gas, protecting the spine and other areas. The gas is released after a few seconds (hopefully after the impact) allowing you to move freely again. You can then replace the gas canister for re-use, if the jacket hasn’t been totally fucked up by then.

Via Impact Lab

Internet Generators

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Robin

All kinds of generators for graphical stuff; logo’s, pictures, texts, whatever

How to breathe on the moon

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Robin

It seems that the dust covering the moon is oxygen rich, and all you need to do to release it, is to heat it to high temperatures.

Full throttle with the Blue Angels

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Robin

This lucky guy got to fly in the back seat of an F/A-18 and videoed it.

Saab Aero X Concept Car

Posted on May 8, 2006 by Robin

Hopefully this thing will make it into production.

New James Bond Car

Posted on May 5, 2006 by Robin

The New Austin Martin DBS pictures are out which James Bond will be driving in the Casino Royale remake. Looks nice

Mexican florists are dangerous

Posted on May 5, 2006 by Robin

Flower vendors cause 50 police injured, 11 seriously and take another 11 police hostage, set up road blocks and refuse to budge. Who’d have thunk it?

Gumball Rally

Posted on May 4, 2006 by Robin

It’s on again – and you can follow the racers on GPS as they fly over the world’s roads in the worlds’ best cars.

Contactless ignitions

Posted on May 4, 2006 by Robin

Can be broken through a laptop with WiFi within 20 minutes allowing people to do a clean steal of the car. A bit like when they had IR car fobs which could be saved using a palm and then replayed, but now you have to break the encryption.

More F-22 woes

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Robin

Spending 5 hours in an F-22 Raptor sounds like a good idea. Unless you’re on the ground. And the cockpit won’t open.
Eventually you cut it open with a chainsaw. Yay U.S. technology!

How to open your mind

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Robin

A nice wikihowto on how to go about opening your mind

Worlds largest cruise ship

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Robin

The Freedom of the Seas is four times larger than the titanic at 158,000 tonnes. But they’re expecting to launch a bigger one, project Genesis, at 220,000 tonnes.