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Month: February, 2008

Down and out

Obviously I haven’t written a new post lately. My laptop is dying. After being on for about 10 minutes, it shuts itself off. I think it is overheating. The fan runs constantly. Good times.
So, it hasn’t been as convenient for me to blog. I hope to be back soon though!

Blue Eyes

According to a Danish researcher, if you have blue eyes, you’re related to a common ancestor. He found that every blue-eyed person descended from one person whose genes mutated some 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. Before that, everyone had brown eyes. Geneticist Hans Eiberg says that blue eyes occur when the human default – [...]

Futurliner and the “Parade of Progress”

A few days ago, I came across a posting on Autoblog about a 1939 GM Futurliner that is up for sale on eBay. I remember seeing one of these once but, for the life of me, I can’t remember where it was!
So, what is a Futurliner?
Futurliners are a group of 12 stylized buses designed [...]