Colorado Springs police are reporting that a man carrying a bat'leth is robbing 7-Elevens in the area. So far, no-one had been injured and the suspect is still at large.
Apparently, while speaking at the Technology Entertainment and Design conference in California a couple of days ago, Bill Gates unleashed a swarm of mosquitos into the crowd to raise malaria awareness, stating, "Not only poor people should experience this.."
If for some reason you haven't joined the rest of us in the 21st Century, on February 17 your TV is probably going to cease to function. The House of Representatives voted to postpone the mandatory shutdown until June, but apparently several of the networks have decided to ditch their analog broadcasts anyway.
I know, I know... I haven't updated in quite a while. Hopefully that will change now that I have some extra time on my hands. 
Slashdot reported on Thursday that researchers in California have developed an artificial muscle that heals itself and generates electricity. 'We've made an artificial muscle that, when you apply electricity to it, it expands, more than 200 percent, the motion and energy is a lot like human muscles,' said Qibing Pei, a scientist at UCLA and study author. The researchers used flexible carbon nanotubes as electrodes. If an area of the carbon nanotube fails, the region around it seals itself by becoming non-conductive and prevents the damage from spreading to other areas. This material also conserves about 70% of the energy you put into it. As the material contracts after an expansion the rearranging of the carbon nanotubes generates a small electric current that can be captured and used to power another expansion or stored in a battery.
The extended HD trailer for Iron Man is out, and I get more and more psyched each time I watch it (I just finished viewing number 5...)
Seems some of the major news outlets are reporting (with a cautious optimism) that the Writer's Strike currently depriving me of all that is good in life, not to mention a billion dollars worth of revenue for the industry, may be drawing to a close. Apparently the studios and the writers have both indicated a willingness to compromise on some of the issues at the root of the situation.
