This Is Not The Net You Thought You Knew | TechCrunch

This article focuses attention on the non-http aspects of the "web":

This Is Not The Net You Thought You Knew | TechCrunch

True, and interesting that he doesn't really even mention the annoying, failure prone, but highly popular flash websites.

I welcome additions and extensions to what we now know of as the web, but I am suspicious of "replacements".  Too many companies are eager to "lock-in" customers by creating closed (and often flawed/inferior) implementations.  The web is a lot of things, but the most critical is that it is genuinely decentralized.

MacGyver actor Richard Dean Anderson looks clueless as his car breaks down | Mail Online

Never break character!

MacGyver actor Richard Dean Anderson looks clueless as his car breaks down | Mail Online

More Info on the Mythbusters' cannon ball...

Seems like the MB gang are going mum about this:  Twitter Posts removed...

Also, there is this excellent graphic:

'Mythbusters' cannonball hits Dublin home, minivan

I love to watch Mythbusters.  I wondered when something would go quite wrong.  Well, it finally did.

'Mythbusters' cannonball hits Dublin home, minivan

My question is, will they put this on TV, or will they lawyer up, and shut up?

UPDATE:
A news video with pictures of the cannon ball hole in the house:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/12/06/tv-experiment-goes-awry-sends-cannonball-rocketing-through-homes/

This actually works ...

Postgres syntax error with INSERT into TableFoo SELECT from TableFoo. - Stack Overflow

I'm stuck on this Postgres syntax issue. I've put my question out on StackOverflow

Postgres syntax error with INSERT into TableFoo SELECT from TableFoo. - Stack Overflow

Anyone have an ideas?

UPDATE:
Got an answer in less than 5 minutes.  The internet is absolutely amazing.

F-22 Squadron Shot Down by the International Date Line

This story demonstrates the extreme cost of software bugs:

F-22 Squadron Shot Down by the International Date Line

The quality of code is questionable if a date issue caused all systems to crash.