] Like a Jules Verne fantasy, a ghostly city with its own
] network of four lane highways lies deep beneath the
] industrial heart of Detroit, its crystalline walls
] glittering and gleaming in the flickering light. It is a
] world of no night or day.
]
] It is a world of salt.
]
] This gigantic salt mine, 1,200 feet beneath the
] surface, spreads out over more than 1,400 acres with 50
] miles of roads. It lies underneath Dearborn's Rouge
] complex , much of Melvindale and the north end of Allen
] Park. The mine shaft opening is in Detroit.
]
] The International Salt Mine Company operated the
] mines until 1983, when falling salt prices brought a halt
] to production.

Rearview Mirror: The ghostly city beneath Detroit

] U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) is
] pictured in this combo image falling off a Segway
] personal transporter on the front driveway of his
] parents' summer home June 12, 2003 in Kennebunkport,
] Maine. Bush arrived from Washington to spend the weekend
] with his father, former President George Bush, who
] celebrates his 79th birthday today and his mother
] Barbara. Bush was not injured in the fall.

Oh this is hysterical - tipping these things really takes some doing! But then we aren't talking about the sharpest tool in the shed either.

"'being able to ride a segway' is akin to 'being able to ride an escalator' -- what's remarkable isn't that someone can do it, it's only remarkable when somebody can't"

Laughing Boy

Bush falling off a Segway!

] IT was the hairdo that almost cost a hairdresser her
] life. Heidelberg hairdresser Luul Jimale thought she had
] done a reasonable job of trying to redden Farhia Ali
] Mohamud's jet-black hair one Friday last year.
]
]
] But after a weekend of phone insults, the irate customer
] returned to her shop on the Monday morning and stabbed Ms
] Jimale 14 times.

The Sunday Mail QLD: Stabbed 14 times over a hairdo [11jun03]

] This is the first mod that I feel like its something
] different,kind of special. Not that I've done a lot of
] system mods,in fact this would be my first complete
] system. I've tinkered with case windows,blowholes and
] painting parts etc. but that went stale...quick. So,what
] to do? Well, what you will see next is my answer. This
] thing has been in the making for about 3 months and
] thankfully they were winter months,or I'm sure Mrs. Mike
] wouldn't of been so patient with me spending so much
] time on this. My skills as a cabinetmaker were all tested
] during this project,even though I was dealing with
] plastic and plexiglass and aluminum. Actually, I use
] these materials all the time in my trade,and once a
] builder,always a builder. So,here it is. Enjoy.

Normally I wouldn't pass on a case mod but this one is definitely cool.

Computer Mod

] I forgot all about that song!!! I used to have it but I don't
] anymore. This is awesome!

Cows With Guns

] Beginning July 1, Tennessee motorcyclists can legally run
] red lights -- if they stop first and "exercise due care"
] -- under a bill signed into law by Gov. Phil Bredesen.
]
] Motorcyclists had complained they were forced to wait
] excessive periods of time at stop lights because sensors
] that control the lights did not recognize motorcycles,
] which are now made mostly of aluminum and fiberglass, not
] metal.

ajc.com | News | Law allowing motorcycles to run red lights effective July 1

] However, there have also been a number of people who
] claim I'm overstating the case and that it's not possible
] to build a real cruise missile without access to
] sophisticated gear, specialist tools and information not
] readily available outside the military.
]
] So, in order to prove my case, I decided to put my money
] where my mouth is and build a cruise missile in my own
] garage, on a budget of just US$5,000.

Fux0ring 3133t Cruise Missile d00d3s

] Heavy-metal band Metallica, a vociferous opponent of
] Internet song-swapping sites, is turning to the Web as a
] way to encourage fans to buy the band's new music.
]
] Metallica, whose first album in six years is scheduled to
] be released on June 5, is offering exclusive music tracks
] online as well through a partnership with Speakeasy, the
] Seattle-based high-speed Internet access provider said.
]
] Customers who buy Metallica's new compact disc, St.
] Anger, will find a code inside the packaging allowing
] them to view, listen to and download exclusive,
] unreleased music tracks from a Metallica Web site.

What I've been saying for years... want to encourage people to BUY your CD vs. download the tracks online? You have to give some "value added" as incentive. Granted, these "exclusive, unreleased music tracks" will appear soon on a P2P network near you, but this is a step in the right direction.

Now start adding some "VA" that can not be pirated. Ideas off the top of my head... random drawings for concert tix, back stage passes, t-shirts and other swag, etc...

Laughing Boy

'Anger' leads Metallica to the Internet

] The distinctive taste of Newcastle Brown Ale has become
] the latest ice cream flavour from a family-run
] Northumberland dairy
]
] Newcastle Brown Ale flavoured ice cream was launched on
] Tuesday by Doddington Dairies, and will only be available
] during the summer months.

I'd love to try this.

BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Beer ice cream goes on sale

] "They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell
] you. Meat made the machines."
]
] "That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're
] asking me to believe in sentient meat."
]
] "I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. These creatures are
] the only sentient race in that sector and they're made
] out of meat."
]
] "Maybe they're like the orfolei. You know, a carbon-based
] intelligence that goes through a meat stage."
]
] "Nope. They're born meat and they die meat. We studied
] them for several of their life spans, which didn't take
] long. Do you have any idea what's the life span of meat?"

Before The Matrix, There was Only Meat