tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51537732024-03-23T14:04:30.366-04:00Brickmuppet Blog"Not a postive influence..."
but moving onward and upward out of sheer spite. ;)Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.comBlogger1003125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-39898726363024383502007-05-12T19:40:00.000-04:002007-05-12T19:59:07.702-04:00Moving : Please Update BookmarksBlogger's been twitchy lately. I've lost posts and images and had difficulty signing on.While the interface is superbly simple and some of the Blogger features are really nice, they are only useful if you can use them and not lose your post.Thus I'm biting the bullet and moving. After 1021 posts, moving is a bit of a pain (all the blogs that link here are now going to the wrong place) but the Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-56044763869899576902007-05-06T17:24:00.000-04:002007-05-06T19:43:19.894-04:00Spacesuit gloves Space Volcanoes and More!One of the Brickmuppets' crack team of science babes reports that the NASA glove challenge has been won! Because they must maintain pressure in a vacuum, spacesuit gloves are particularly challenging and NASA has, after millions of dollars never quite gotten them right, however, the Astronaut Glove Competition program put up a prize of $200,000.00 for the best improved design....less than a yearBrickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-84185841637866470402007-05-06T16:16:00.000-04:002007-05-06T17:14:35.028-04:00Damn. :(An entire town wiped off the map by a tornado. Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-83893070441732942502007-05-06T13:20:00.000-04:002007-05-06T14:30:57.419-04:00Comic Book CabalOh noes! Generic crazy conspiracy theorist loon was right!Just in case there was any doubt that superhero comic books were a Jewish conspiracy....(Not that that is in any way a bad "Thing".)There was a minor buzz about this a while back due to a New York Post article a while back (which seems to have gone down the memory hole) but the '76 date on this Kirby sketch should put to rest the notion Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-88424896294753061062007-05-06T04:29:00.000-04:002007-05-06T04:44:36.157-04:00Ideonic....Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-33784781165191891522007-05-04T20:57:00.000-04:002007-05-06T14:54:59.823-04:00Aieee!!!!Does ANYBODY have any source or context for this bleeding-at-the-eyes-loli-harpy-maid?(Note: this request is primarily to facilitate avoidance)Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-57653919447818579052007-05-03T20:00:00.000-04:002007-05-03T23:08:03.314-04:00Republican Debate"What do you hate most about America?" WTF?Thompson is doing extremely well.It seems that Ron Paul is not getting asked nearly as many questions.Update: McCain is intense but not inspiring .Big boon for Porkbusters. Lots of anger about Pork all around.Update: Do you believe in evolution? Does anybody not believe in evolution?2 or three raised their hands...but the camera was to the side...WHO Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-69682135794779704822007-05-01T18:37:00.000-04:002007-05-02T21:55:43.613-04:00SKOOOOWLZ OWT 4 SUMMAH!!!Exam heck is over.There as a terrible scare when the computer ate both my last paper and the takehome portion of a final exam last night.There was much furious typing today but both were turned in minutes before the deadline.The day is saved :)The rest of the week will be consumed going to a welcome to America/going away for some exchange students.LOTS of yardwork.Taking care of some Coast Guard Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-70154506937096178132007-04-29T04:27:00.000-04:002007-04-29T04:31:20.538-04:00Dept. of Excuses...Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-13271233892290042332007-04-28T20:18:00.000-04:002007-04-29T04:13:49.276-04:00Bad News...My grandmother fell on Wednesday breaking her arm.When asked how badly it hurt, she said..."a little".Either she is astoundingly tough or she is having difficulties with adjectives.Her bone splintered and jammed into the shoulder socket, two days on, it was determined that she needed a joint replacement in her shoulder. She's 87 years old.Fortunately, the surgery went well and the prognosis is Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-90134635576111949852007-04-28T18:31:00.000-04:002007-04-28T19:36:25.131-04:00"Man-portable Integrated Laser Assault Rifle":According to the Danger Room over at Wired, the US ARMY has set forth a small business initiative proposal for, amongst other things, what it calls a "Man-Portable Integrated Laser Assault Rifle".Well now...I didn't see that one coming.Dave Hambling's article has lots of background on this and related projects so read the whole thing.Note that while I'm skeptical, the big show stopper is, of Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-42489375356923460462007-04-28T17:17:00.000-04:002007-04-28T17:27:30.154-04:00Tales of Futures PastPaleo-Future just got added to the blogroll! :)A brand new blog with a really neat collection of future predictions from the past.Thanks to Rand Simberg for the pointer.Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-17749107308765290802007-04-28T17:02:00.000-04:002007-04-29T14:56:18.802-04:00The Muslims That Don't Make the News....Gates of Vienna has a profile of a Muslim member of the Danish parliament, one Naser Khader.The term "moderate Muslim" tends to earn at the least an askance glance from many because when it is used it seems to be applied to people who either aren't Muslim or aren't really moderate. PM Khader is both, and is not a windsock meekly keeping quiet out of fear of reprisals from his radicalized fellows.Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-20736126314759747662007-04-28T17:00:00.000-04:002007-04-28T20:14:59.376-04:00Earthquake in the UK?Radio just said there was an earthquake in the UK and there has been some damage.Update at 6:22pm EST: It was a Magnitude 4.3, which is pretty minor usually, but Sky News reports that at least 50 homes are now uninhabitable.The bits damage I can see in the photos are all brickwork, which is not very earthquake resistant.As of now there is only one injury reported.More here, here and here.Update2:Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-39890674199225192602007-04-28T14:36:00.000-04:002007-04-28T14:39:19.994-04:00A Few Reasons Why We Need a Coast GuardBrickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-53053882431742964042007-04-28T14:02:00.000-04:002007-04-28T18:56:35.881-04:00.gif testUpdate: Nope...still can't get them to workBrickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-45845901242504139052007-04-27T23:40:00.000-04:002007-04-27T23:59:18.729-04:00Dipsticks and Darwin AwardsACE, (who you should be reading anyway) has a whole category dedicated to the documentation of accidental and negligent shootings. Guns are an important tool but like many things (such as cars, lawnmowers, alcohol and matches,) they must be handled with respect, and are deadly in the hands of an idiot.Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-39922263812090304042007-04-26T22:12:00.000-04:002007-04-26T22:14:56.929-04:00Presidential Campaigning 101"Still alive!" Getting that news out is an essential first step in a campaign.Wisdom indeed....Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-26311674436225253662007-04-26T21:43:00.000-04:002007-04-26T22:41:30.835-04:00Military Bio-Sensor May Have Found Bee KillerHat Tip: Rand Simberg:The recent collapse of honeybee colonies has been the cause for much justifiable alarm and all sorts of speculation ranging from pesticides to (of all things) cellphones.Now it appears that the actual culprits may have been found..... Using a new technology called the Integrated Virus Detection System (IVDS), which was designed for military use to rapidly screen samples for Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-43912681718841137832007-04-26T20:43:00.000-04:002007-04-28T14:02:04.386-04:001000Posts! Yay! Dance Party!I'm still in exam heck....but there's still time to dance! :)UPDATE: I've no idea why the .gifs stopped dancing...I've pretty much tried everything including deleting and reposting the post.UPDATE2: Perusing the blog it looks like Blogger no longer supports animated .gifs....pooh...well it's time to get a real site anyway.Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-71325503124071026702007-04-22T03:00:00.000-04:002007-04-23T07:19:05.252-04:00On This Day In History...An egg shattered and chaos burst forth upon the world.Happy Birthday Wonderduck.Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-30861766764584292202007-04-21T21:43:00.000-04:002007-04-21T22:02:09.488-04:00Open ThreadExam heck is upon me. Here's a cat with an AK 47.Discuss this......or whatever tickles your fancy.Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-91999176440259905952007-04-21T20:56:00.000-04:002007-04-21T21:42:40.465-04:00Hemp Car! :) While coping with one of those secret undisclosed occupational hazards of energy research, one of the Brickmuppet's crack team of science babes seems a bit dishelved as she attempts to document all of the colors coming out of her stereo.Anyway...she's been doin' research MAAN...so don't...like... give her any grief 'cause she's found out all about Henry Fords hemp car.Actually, AutoGreen found Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-55665299664761706912007-04-21T20:44:00.000-04:002007-04-21T20:54:22.168-04:00UtawarerumonoThough this show is getting some decent reviews from friends and acquaintances , I have not seen it. Aside from the fact that it's title is a mouthfull, and there are, for some reason, wolf people, I'm unsure of exactly what it's about ......and having read this series primer...I'm even less sure.(click pic for supah size)Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153773.post-74867516017869670092007-04-21T17:47:00.000-04:002007-04-22T02:50:07.073-04:00Fallen AngelOne of the Blue Angels has crashed during an airshow in South Carolina. The pilot was killed ...in front of his family. This week sucks.Brickmuppethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00884188361526609025noreply@blogger.com0