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There’s nothing like a weekend at the beach.  There’s something about the combination of sun, sand, and salt air that can turn an otherwise normal body of water into heaven on earth, unless of course the beach you’re frequenting is under assault from hordes of angry mauve stinger jellyfish, in which case your heaven can […]

Not content to take on other companies in pretty much every field from web browsers to operating systems, Google has also turned its attention to longtime rival PayPal.  Everyone, meet Google Wallet, Google’s attempt to turn your smartphone into a mobile credit card system.  Here’s five things you should know about Google Wallet, via Computer […]

Well, the May 21 rapture date has come and gone, and as far as I know, everyone’s still on Earth.  Well, people who didn’t pass away from natural causes are still on Earth, anyway.  Nobody got raptured, and rapture predictor Harold Camping is left with a tremendous amount of egg on his face.  That said, […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this before.  A powerful volcanic eruption in Iceland disrupts air travel across Europe.  If it sounds like 2010 all over again, that’s because it is.  However, there’s a small difference in that a different volcano is causing travel problems.  This time, the culprit is Iceland’s Grimsvoetn Volcano, which erupted over the […]

Drunken thieves always result in the most entertaining and head-scratch-worthy stories. Take the recent case of the besotted fool in Bowling Green, Kentucky who was roused out of two homes before the police nabbed him. The drunk intruder had his pockets stuffed with unusual loot. In addition to (wait for it) drugs, police found two […]

If you’re not afraid of the impending zombie apocalypse, there’s something wrong with you.  A healthy fear and respect for zombies is what will separate the mobile humans from the recently deceased.  Any self-respecting zombie fan knows that, and amazingly, so do the Centers for Disease Control.  The CDC, an arm of the federal government […]

When it comes to scary situations, there’s nothing scarier than an oncoming natural disaster.  For residents of Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada, danger has been all around them for awhile.  Slave Lake is the epicenter of a series of raging wildfires in Alberta’s rich wilderness, but until now the situation wasn’t dangerous.  Then, the winds changed. […]

There’s a new free online jukebox for music lovers, and you don’t have to hit it with your fist like the Fonz to make it play. Of course, the music you can hear on this jukebox is even more dated than the hits from the 50s that the Happy Days gang heard. The Library of […]

While it’s not quite a 19-pound baby, a 14-pound baby born right here in the United States of America is pretty spectacular.  Matthew Anthony Maldanado was born at a staggering 14 pounds 3.6 ounces.  Fortunately for his mother, Emily, he was born via C-section; unfortunately for Emily, she was in labor for two days.  At […]

Well, the show must go on, right?  When Charlie Sheen started to have his epic freak-outs, CBS pulled Two And A Half Men from its lineup and, eventually, announced that the show was over despite being the top show on TV and having the cast members under contract.  Well, not so fast my friend; Two […]

Like a lot of people who love to try new things, I’ve been anxiously awaiting Google’s release of Chrome OS since Chrome OS was announced in November 2009.  That’s been a long wait, especially considering we’re in the summer of 2011 now.  Still, I’d like to think that Google has made the wait worthwhile, even […]

It’s a tough racket out there for crime fighters.  There are criminals everywhere, so you need to be prepared to defend both your life and the lives of others.  The police will help (occasionally), but they’re also usually not too hot on masked vigilantes fighting crime.  It’s kind of a lose-lose situation; if you bring […]

  When it comes to cats or dogs, I’m definitely on Team Dog. They can be heroes like the dogs that use their highly sensitive snouts to sniff for bombs or help find victims buried in rubble after a disaster collapses buildings. Throughout history there have been dogs used by the military including samurai dogs. […]