Forest Reclaiming Temple

By John Brown | April 11, 2008 - 2:44 pm |April 11, 2008 Zing

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An aquaintance of mine is in Cambodia and Thailand. Luckily she’s taking pictures. Check this one out. Is that not marvelous? Does that not belong in a story? More here.

Why crows are better than flying monkeys

By John Brown | April 10, 2008 - 9:02 am |April 10, 2008 Zing

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I’ve wanted a cool animal friend for some time. And I mean a friend, not a pet. Pets you have to take care. Friends come, delight you, then leave. And lest you think I’m a meanie, I’ve got five cats that came with the house we moved into a few years ago. Love ’em, but I →

Gator Blood

By John Brown | April 9, 2008 - 8:48 am |October 19, 2008 Zing

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Crocodiles scare the crap out of me. In fact, I think they’re the scariest things on the planet. Gators make a close second. But they aren’t just monsters to humans. It appears gators have got blood that’s an infection’s worst nightmare. Gator blood kills So I predict right here that in the not too distant future we’re going to →

Move over Internet, here comes the Grid

By John Brown | April 5, 2008 - 9:31 pm |April 5, 2008 Zing

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This geeked me out today. THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue →

High-end Poopers

By John Brown | April 1, 2008 - 10:40 am |November 25, 2008 Zing

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So you go into your classy high-rise establishment. Then you sit down to observe the wide outdoors. You have to love the Europeans. No, this is not an April Fools gag. More at Snopes.com Of course, it’s only a matter of time before this is used in a thriller.