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Friday – 18 September 2009
I slept in this morning. It was lovely.
I’ve been pretty lazy since then. That’s been nice, too.

While I haven’t quite become “addicted” to the Science Channel, I have discovered an affinity for a couple of shows: How It’s Made and Colossal Construction. On today’s episode of Colossal Construction, they were building “The Arctic Ice Crusher.” As the synopsis states:

The Arctic Shuttle Tanker: a revolutionary oil tanker and icebreak in one. The workers at Samsung shipyard in South Korea have four months to build and launch this ship, but equipment problems and work-site difficulties afflict even this efficient crew.

It was built in a floating drydock in Korea with a team from four countries… not all of whom spoke a common language. The ship is steered using two Azipods, propeller systems that can rotate – and thus apply thrust – 360 degrees. It was an amazing feat of engineering and human dynamics.

I have no idea what I’m doing with the rest of my afternoon, but I’m sure I’ll come up with something.

Stray Toasters

• Three of the auctions I posted on Sunday closed on Wednesday; one of them sold. That’s good.
  Three more close tonight. All of them have bidders. That’s even better.
  One of the auctions that closes tonight will close much higher than I expected. That’s awesome.
• Tomorrow night, SaraRules and I are going to Cirque de la Symphonie
  Tickets are still available, but are going quickly.
• NC doctor removes plastic fragment lodged in lung
• posted a link to an interesting article: Marvel vs. Disney: Two very different Americas
• DHS Ponders “Improving” Terrorism Alert System

  

• I have been recently introduced to the amusement (and fright factor) of: People of Wal-Mart
• …which makes this comic all the more amusing:

  

• Major MMO Publishers Sued for Patent Infringement

Namaste.