Frisbee Pioneer Dies, Ashes to Be Made Into Discs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – “Steady” Ed Headrick, the California inventor who figured out a way to make the Frisbee fly fast and straight, has died at the age of 78. His family said his ashes will be made into Frisbees.
A limited number of Frisbees are being made with his ashes mixed in for family and to help fund a Frisbee/Disc Golf Museum. I should figure out what I want done with my ashes when I die.
My favorite online comic turns two today. Big thanks to Piro and Largo over at MegaTokyo for providing me with much entertainment in that time. I can’t wait for the book.
Charles M. Schulz. “Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.” [Quotes of the Day]
A friend of mine sent me these two links
Hapless teens’ trapdoor woes – It took 27 hours for four British 17-year-olds to discover they could open a door to the loft they were trapped in by pulling rather than pushing it, the Times reported.
Miami Has Steel Benches at Bus Stops – City officials are in the hot seat — literally. Mayor Manny Diaz and others are working to fix new black steel benches at city bus stops, which have proven to be too hot to sit on in the summer sun.
Ahh, one must never underestimate the ability of people to be stupid.
A friend of mine posted about this in her livejournal and I’ve been addicted to it for the last half hour. It’s Business Buzzword Hangman. It also gives you definitions of all the different buzzwords.
I like the guy jumping for joy when you save him.
Running out to get a cup of coffee and coming back to discover that there are NO parking spaces within blocks of my house so having to sit there in a hot car for a good 40 min waiting for someone to decide to use their so I could get a spot.
Why oh why doesn’t Dunkin Donuts let you order online and then deliver.
David Harris reports on the World’s smallest light-bulb:
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created light bulbs from groups of 2-8 silver atoms. Just pass an electric current through the clusters of atoms and they glow…
This is the first time researchers have seen electroluminescence from individual molecules.
Toho (those folks who own the Godzilla name and image) have sent a letter to Davezilla.com telling him to stop using a little reptile-like icon on his page.
Please be advised that your use of the GODZILLA mark constitutes a trademark infringement and confuses consumers and the public into believing that your “GODZILLA” character originates from Toho, which it does not.
Oh yes. When I looked at Davezilla I was sure that it was a Toho site. Idiots. Since posted yesterday, this has gotten a number of mentions in the blogisphere.
Oscar Wilde. “There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.” [Quotes of the Day]
The past day or two I’ve been exhausted. I slept for around 5 hours yesterday afternoon. Then for another 6 hours last night and the only real reason I’m up is the street cleaner guy driving around.
I really hope I’m not fighting something. I’ve had just a touch of a sore throat for the last day and a half and I’m really not in the mood to be sick. bah.