Archive for 2010

HP’S 3D PRINTER HITS THE MARKET. “The Designjet 3D is based on Stratasys’s Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology, which turns three-dimensional CAD drawings into tangible prototypes by extruding partially molten ABS plastic in extremely fine layers one atop the other, forming the entire 3-D model in a single piece from the ground up. Designjet 3D will print in ivory-colored plastic only while Designjet Color 3D will print single-color parts in up to eight different colors (we’re not sure why you can’t just put a different hue of ABS plastic in the Designjet 3D).”

WHEN THINGS ARE ROTTEN: Volcanic ash chaos ‘a lesson for Europe.’ “Europe’s ash cloud has triggered a flurry of anguished calls for the EU to improve its crisis response and co-ordination, as countries struggle to help thousands of stranded passengers.”

5 EASY, AWESOME photo tricks.

DID MCCAIN FLIP ON IMMIGRATION, or did immigration flip on McCain? “As someone who has lived in Tucson, AZ since 1972, I don’t think you all back east understand how much things have changed down here in the last few years.”

“WHY I GIVE MY 9-YEAR-OLD SON POT.”

BYRON YORK: What’s behind the anti-Tea Party hate narrative? “While the level of frustration is indeed a threat, it is a political threat. Ask Democrats running in this November’s elections.”

Plus, Lessons from the English monarchy. “Clinton’s argument that criticism of government by peaceful citizens participating in Tea Party demonstrations leads to domestic terrorism like the Oklahoma City bombing really is nothing new. Monarchs and others in government have been using that line to silence their critics for hundreds of years.”

YOU MEAN THOSE LETTERS TO PENTHOUSE WERE REAL? Survey: Librarians get frisky in stacks. “A 1992 survey of 5,000 U.S. librarians, long withheld by a professional journal, found one in five respondents had engaged in sexual trysts among the stacks.”

SO WHERE’S THE RECOVERY? Not showing up in these tax withholding data.

“MY BODY, MY CHOICE:” Unless, you know, you want a C-section.