Umbrella Chronicles!!

The Umbrella Chronicles

Alexandria writes:
The very anticipated Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles is going to be released on 11/3/07.This Resident Evil game is a Wii exclusive which will no doubt make game play a bit more interesting but the people who don’t have a Wii will definitely miss out on this amazing game play. There will be different stages including, Resident Evil Zero, the Game Cube remake of Resident Evil, and Resident Evil 3 Nemesis  been. Characters currently known to be playable in the game are Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Carlos Oliveira, Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen and yes all of you Resident Evil fans Albert Wesker will also play a very important role in these games(I mean duh he IS Wesker!!).I might actually buy a Wii just so I can play this game. 🙂

Fan site: Umbrella Chronicles- Myspace.com

Buy (OK, pre-order)  your own copy from Amazon: Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

Approach – The Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Safety Magazine

ApproachI was browsing the Internet today for random stuff and happened across this. It’s the online version of the Naval Safety Center’s publication  ‘Approach’.  All sorts of astounding stories about mid air collisions, shattered canopies, and others tails of how things can go bad and what can be learned from them. I’m sure that most people will never be in a position where they are running through an emergency checklist because they have lost their starboard flight side hydraulics and most of their port stab, but the lessons about keeping a cool composure and the value of training are ones that we can all use.

Approach – The Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Safety Magazine

A Hot Dog Vending Machine

Hot Menu - photo by James Hart
Once again, I’m impressed with Japanese vending machine technology. This time it’s hot food for a few bucks, er, yen.

We all heard about the wacky vending machines before coming to Japan, but this still surprised me. Hot dogs, noodles, french fries, etc microwaved from frozen, 400Yen each.

There is a close up of the selections here.
[via metroblog tokyo]

1 GB, Then and Now

1GB in 1987 and 1GB in 2007When people say that things just keep getting smaller sure aren’t kidding. Seen here is a photo comparing 1GB of storage in 1987 and same amount in 2007. Wow! (click on the image for a larger version) I once owned a Burroughs B-20 computer system. It’s hard drive was the bigger than a shoe box and fit in the bottom of this wheeled cabinet that the keyboard, monitor, and communications box sat on. I was amazed at just how big a 5MB drive was. I’m so grateful for the miniaturization of technology.

[via gizmologia, digg]

Atomic Rocket – Mini-Mag Orion

Mini-Mag OrionOh cool, Mars in six months? Nice…

Andrews Space & Technology (AS&T) introduced an innovative propulsion system that could significantly shorten round trips from Earth to Mars (from two years to only six months!) and enable our spaceships to reach Jupiter after one year of space traveling. The system, which may dramatically affect interplanetary space travel is called the Miniature Magnetic Orion (Mini-Mag Orion for short), and is an optimization of the 1958 Orion interplanetary propulsion concept.

[via slashdot ]
Mini-Mag Orion Will Reach for the Stars