Watch Out! Child Playing in the Street! No, A Speed Device

Via PhysOrg.com [0], The City of West Vancouver, Canada, has unveiled the latest technology to get drivers to slow down.  A photo-realistic image of a little girl grabbing a ball, that is stretched long and flat to give the optical illusion that she is real, when viewed from a distance.  (Image from CTV, after the break.) This particular experiment has been installed near a primary school, and only be in place for a week, and there are special signs and extra patrols in the area during this period....

11 Sep 2010 · 2 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Getting Rid Of Old Technology

Today, I gave away a second phonograph player that I own.  I've owned two phonograph players for at least 15 years.  Neither of them are "DJ units", just standard home units manufactured in '87 and '91.  The one I gave away isn't as good as the other one, but I had bought it myself.  The better one, that I still use, was given to me.  But one day, maybe I would need the other unit....

10 Sep 2010 · 3 min · Gary Allen Vollink

Video: Cruise Ship In Heavy Seas

From the folks at BoingBoing, this is awe inspiring in a really, really scary way. http://www.boingboing.net/2010/09/07/cruise-ship-chaos-vi.html Shorter YouTube version too...

9 Sep 2010 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink

St. Paul Sink Hole

There was a sink-hole in St. Paul this-morning. Ever since I heard this story about a woman who fell through a grate in Manhattan, I've been worried about sidewalk grates.  I just can't function if I have to worry about whole sidewalks, too! Someone I know sent me a PDF file that had some pictures.  This is a really huge hole.  When I first heard about it, I was thinking man-hole cover size, not SUV size....

7 Sep 2010 · 1 min · Gary Allen Vollink