The classic Rube Goldberg device is one that performs an absurd number of complicated steps in order to achieve a relatively simple result.  It was named after American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg who lived from 1883-1970 who drew cartoons depicting these complex devices.
Probably one of the best-known commercial examples of the Rube Goldberg device [...]

Recently, Obama cut a proposed manned mission to the moon from the budget, much to the dismay of the space community who has been trying to go back for years, hopefully as a springboard for a manned mission to Mars.  Now as much of a space fan as I am, I have ot say that [...]

With the recent announcement by James Randi that he doesn’t buy into the whole “global warming” idea, especially that it’s all man’s fault and we ought to live in a cave, I thought it was time to touch on the absurdities of the current “global warming” religion.
The reality is that our planet undergoes constant warming [...]

I was bored so I’ve been poking around for blogging forums, looking for people to talk to about the actual act of blogging and to be honest, I’m not at all impressed.  It’s not the forums that are the problem IMO, it’s the bloggers themselves.  The vast majority of people who are setting up blogs [...]