One Mo' Time

That's News To Me

I used to look for oddball stuff on purpose. Now, it just spills out of the cart into the aisles unbidden. Today's WTF moment came with the discovery that the US Army has taken down its non-lethal "Voice-to-Skull" weapons page on the Web. Its what?

And it was the Christians Against Mental Slavery who noticed it had gone 404.

Wired.com has the whole story, including an artist's conception of the device, which is said to "use microwave transmission of sound into the skull of persons or animals by way of pulse-modulated microwave radiation; and (2) a silent sound device which can transmit sound into the skull of person or animals."

So, what does a silent sound device sound like?

Labels: army, mental, weird, wired

Downright Lazy, Is All

Read / Write Web put offered a tutorial on how to use feed sources, tags and pipes to create a constantly updated feed of news on any imaginable topic. Today, they chose to scour the Web for the best weird stuff and useless facts you might have ever seen. Peruse, but be warned: it's a huge time suck!

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Labels: weird, wired

Do Geeks Make Better Lovers?

What are you looking at me for? I don't have all the answers, just a personal opinion. I digg my geekish brethren. Apparently, so does Regina Lynn per her Wired Commentary.*

* Be warned that this is probably not suitable for work viewing as the Net Nanny may be watching you.

Labels: wired