With headlines like “Octopus ride accident injures two” and “Ferris wheel catastrophe kills five”, it will be hard to look at amusement park rides in quite the same light. Not that they ever seemed on par with the safety of something like, say, bonsai gardening. (via BoingBoing)
Whatbooks?
You can always build forts. (via Bookslut)
Posted by Ben on June 12, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/whatbooks/
Will Skystream 3.7 work for me?
Too bad about the “your property is greater than .5 acre and is unobstructed” requirement. Because otherwise I would totally buy a windmill.
Posted by Ben on April 17, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/will-skystream-37-work-for-me/
Numbers in Pictures
It doesn’t look like much, but what you’re looking at is the number of cell phones “retired” in the U.S. every day — 426,000. View a close up, and other similar photo montages of consumption at Chris Jordan’s Running the Numbers. (via GOOD Magazine)
Posted by Ben on February 19, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/numbers-in-pictures/
Aww
Caption reads: “Louis cuddles his Mr Potato Head”. (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on February 9, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/aww/
Anything, as long as it’s more than you get
Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000? Assume for the moment that prices of goods and services will stay the same. Surprisingly — stunningly, in fact — research shows that the majority of people select the first […]
Posted by Ben on January 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/anything-as-long-as-its-more-than-you-get/
The possibly gruesome fate of D.B. Cooper
Interesting enough for the subject matter — the mysterious skyjacker who disappeared from a plane1 with some gracious amount of money, never to be found again (the skyjacker that is; some of the money was found, maybe) — this article from the AP is probably best for the very last sentence: “Maybe a hydrologist can […]
Posted by Ben on January 26, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-possibly-gruesome-fate-of-db-cooper/
But what about the pterodactyl?
When police asked the man what caused the accident, his one-word answer was “pterodactyl,” Smith said. … The man was treated and released at Central Washington Hospital, hospital officials said. No word on the pterodactyl’s injuries. (HeraldNet: “Man blames car wreck on prehistoric winged reptile,” by Rachel Schleif [29 Dec 07]; via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on January 10, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/but-what-about-the-pterodactyl/
Drop a spoon, save your life
Yes, it can happen to you. Well, maybe not you, but someone else: Dropping something may have saved Joy Horton’s life. The 73-year-old woman was preparing some food in her western New York home on Monday morning when she dropped a spoon on the floor of her kitchen. When she bent down, her house exploded. […]
Posted by Ben on December 16, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/drop-a-spoon-save-your-life/