Angela Brett

Angela Brett

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12 years ago @ HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek... - Monkey Sea, Monkey Cruise · 0 replies · +1 points

- Irons are banned on cruise ships because they might cause a beard fire, which is the only circumstance under which Jonathan Coulton will shave and thus lose his special powers.

I hope your excited pants are fancy enough for the parade.

12 years ago @ Geeks are Sexy Technol... - Real-Life Hoverboard [... · 1 reply · +2 points

CERN has one of those too, only it's more like a scooter, with a thing sticking up you can hold on to. After seeing it demonstrated several times over the last few years, I finally got to have a go on it a week or so ago. It's fun. :) They mentioned that some astronauts have tried it (probably the ones who took the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the space station, since they came to CERN to see the AMS beforehand) and they said the frictionless feeling of this is as close as you can get to what it's like in space.

14 years ago @ Red Ferret - 10 serious problems wi... · 0 replies · +1 points

I haven't seen any of the TV commercials (I'm not quite sure what the big deal is about TV these days), so I don't know about that, but it's a darned useful little pocket computer. (I won't bother with a more detailed answer, since you didn't bother with a more detailed question.)