Kevin Costner’s water cleaning machine works well enough for BP.

So here’s a bit of good news in the morass of bad news coming out of the BP Oil Disaster in the Gulf. Turns out that BP did test Kevin Costner’s machine that separates oil from water and it appears to work:

BP says Kevin Costner’s water cleaning machine can ‘make a real difference’ | . . . → Read More: Kevin Costner’s water cleaning machine works well enough for BP.

Grandma uses her tits in fight against noisy ATVs.

Sometimes in life you’ll find yourself at loggerheads with your neighbors over issues that the cops can’t really address. Marika De Florio of Seeley’s Bay, Ontario found herself in just such a situation and found an equally clever way to deal with it:

Bare breasts vs. neighbour’s ATV – Canada – Canoe.ca.

The 56-year-old says . . . → Read More: Grandma uses her tits in fight against noisy ATVs.

Catholic Church committing bankruptcy fraud to protect assets from abuse victims.

The Catholic Church likes to promote itself as a beacon of morality in a fallen world. Shame the reality isn’t anything close to what they’d like you to believe:

‘Dan Rather Reports’ Exposes Coordinated Effort by the Catholic Church to Protect Assets From Abuse Victims

From the Vatican on down, the church has vowed to . . . → Read More: Catholic Church committing bankruptcy fraud to protect assets from abuse victims.

Hi, my name is Les and I am a recovering Civ Addict.

Yeah, I’ve been here before:

Video Games | Civilization V | E3 2010: Civ Anon Doc XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

In fact, I think I need to figure out which box my copy of Civilization IVis hiding in.

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I am back to work, for at least three days.

Sorry I haven’t posted much lately, but I’ve been getting ready for what is probably the shortest job of my career. I was contacted by one of my former contract houses about a three-day assignment which started yesterday. I’m helping a company unbox, test, and set up IV pumps for a local hospital. Yesterday was . . . → Read More: I am back to work, for at least three days.

Delving into the science of joy.

Here is an absolutely fascinating video summary of research into the health benefits of unstructured play time:

I’m simply amazed by the fact that you can tickle rats and it makes them more fond of you, but more important are the many health, particularly mental health, benefits play brings. I’d . . . → Read More: Delving into the science of joy.

We’re running on WordPress 3.0 now.

Just a quick note to let you guys know we’re running on the latest release of WordPress. I haven’t had a chance to look over what’s new in this version, though I understand it now supports multiple blogs from just one installation of the script is one of the biggies. I already have all the . . . → Read More: We’re running on WordPress 3.0 now.

“TRON: Evolution” game trailer his the net.

I’m looking forward to the new TRON: Legacy movie. If this trailer is anything to go by then the upcoming video game tie-in looks like it’ll be pretty good too:

Video Games | Tron: Evolution | E3 2010: Locals Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

What’s really impressive about this to . . . → Read More: “TRON: Evolution” game trailer his the net.

Google’s inclusion of Twitter in searches is stunningly fast.

Google has added a number of new features over the past few months that I’m just starting to play with. Two of them are integration of real-time tweets from Twitter into search results and the ability to sort search results by how recent they are. Sure, I had heard that Google was going to be . . . → Read More: Google’s inclusion of Twitter in searches is stunningly fast.

Porky Pig recites the Pledge of Allegiance minus “under God.”

There’s something missing in this recital of the Pledge of Allegiance by Porky Pig:

Now that’s a pledge I can support and one I think we should go back to. Or, even better, I think we should use the version Francis Bellamy wanted which included the word Equality alongside Liberty . . . → Read More: Porky Pig recites the Pledge of Allegiance minus “under God.”