1.27.2018

And that’s a lot of cheeseburgers

Air Force One needs new refrigerators — and it's going to cost $24M | New York Post


The larger fridges can feed passengers and crew for weeks and store 3,000 meals in refrigerators and freezers below the cabin, Defense One said.

Nobody ever writes about Spam riots

'Riots' Break Out in France Over Nutella Promotion | Fortune


https://goo.gl/S5aZPr

1.24.2018

Winter Olympics to showcase robot skiing

Robots Ready to Ski, Paint, and Clean at South Korea's 2018 Winter Olympics - IEEE Spectrum


"10 humanoid skiing robots, each standing a meter tall, will compete to navigate a 200-⁠meter slope."

OK, now how about making it go away?

Cloud-seeding test in Idaho 'creates snow on demand'


One experiment in China in 2009 forced the authorities to close 12 highways around Beijing when snow caused by cloud seeding fell heavily.

How did we miss this?

California cop feeds critter for Squirrel Appreciation Day


https://goo.gl/FBKfyB

Wait, do they have to be German couches?

New Year's resolutions? German couch potatoes say forget it


Club activities include swaying back and forth, like in a beer hall; the "Tarzan yell" — beating your chest with your fists and yelling; and the potato chip competition, consisting of eating a plastic cup full of chips without using one's hands — a favorite among the club's child members.

1.23.2018

And today’s Darwin award goes to…

Video: iPhone battery explodes into a fireball after a man bites into it | New York Post


https://goo.gl/cgMS57

Everybody hates the electric company

MTA brass pushed link between subway delays and power problems - NY Daily News



Navy on the rocks (ooops)

USS Little Rock: Navy's new $440 million warship still stuck in ice in Canada - The Washington Post


"Significant weather conditions prevented the ship from departing Montreal earlier this month and icy conditions continue to intensify," Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson said in a statement.


https://goo.gl/Fh611q

If a bird flies in an airplane does it have to pay a fare?

Fur and fury at 40,000 feet as more people bring animals on planes - The Washington Post


[Woman] says she doesn't mind producing a letter from her psychologist when she flies with her emotional-support parakeet…


https://goo.gl/DdKjix

Also (there's a lot of physics in this) if the bird flies in the airplane and never lands, does it add to the plane's weight?

Hawaii governor couldn’t warn public of missile ‘crisis’ because he forgot password | New York Post

"I have to confess that I don't know my Twitter account log-ons and the passwords," Ige said, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

"So certainly that's one of the changes that I've made. I've been putting that on my phone so that we can access the social media directly."

https://goo.gl/bq6hoY

Can you spell "WTF"?

1.22.2018

I blame Michigan for the whole arrghh something something

Really. A month ago everything was just fine, seven Big Ten football teams winning post-season bowl games, seven in a row, and then Michigan comes along and chokes, and ruins the whole thing. After that, all my teams start losing.

Georgia lost the college national championships; the Packers, the Steelers, and now the Vikings all lose. We started with Vikings and now we have a bunch of birds to beat New England. To beat the AFC. It's Michigan's fault. All of it.

Never mind the Great National Meltdown. There's that too.

Bah.

On the details the Devil is in

United Airlines saves 170,000 gallons of fuel by printing inflight magazine on lighter paper | Fox News


https://goo.gl/SkfwdJ