‘Jeremy D. Wells’ Archives
Brazilian Air Force plans to record UFO sightings / make them public
Brazil is no stranger to UFO sightings and reports, including the first modern abduction case (Boas, São Francisco de Sales, 1957), rural towns terrorized by ufonauts (Vigia, 1977), and a fleet of objects over the skies of São Paulo that led to the scrambling of Air Force jets (1986). Now the BBC reports that the land of Antonio Villas Boas [...]
CNN monkeys around
So, CNN decided they need to refute this story about the Taliban training attack monkeys. Because this is the kind of thing that needs clarification. I mean, seriously CNN? Is it really that slow of a news day? Or do you really think that little of your audience's intelligence? (more...)
Dan Aykroyd in Austin TODAY
If you remember our last post on Dan Aykroyd, you already know about his Crystal Head vodka. Well, Mr. Aykroyd is in town today, promoting the same! You can meet Aykroyd, and pick up a bottle or two of Crystal Head vodka if you are so inclined, at the Hancock Center Twin Liquors, from 4 to 6 PM today only. Details here. Crystal Head [...]
While I was out…
I've been away from the blog for a while. Needless to say, lots going on. One of those things, I'm sad to admit, has been video games. When there is a lot going on in your personal life that you don't want to deal with might need a break from dealing with, it's not uncommon to seek some escapism in a fantasy world. It's why entertainment still [...]
Quote of the day
(The National Counter Terrorism Center has) "access to all the databases of all the agencies. There is total sharing. But I'm concerned that they don't have the easy ability to draw linkages between the various databases... It's not clear to me that at the National Counter Terrorism Center today... (the computer system) will automatically [...]
CNN reports on “The future of brain-controlled devices”
Photo from: http://www.joystiq.com Of course CNN talks about the applications suggested in big budget sci-fi movies like Avatar and the Matrix, and the perfunctory various medical applications. But to be honest, if it follows the course of other technologies, I see the first practical commercial applications of the technology being applied [...]
Bigfoot in San Antonio?
That's what some homeless folks are saying they saw, and the cops they talked to said they were scared, but sober. Hmmmmm. That's how far from SFBR (the think tank that Tom Slick founded and home of the Southwest Primate Research Center)? . UPDATE: Loren Coleman has posted more details about the events in San Antonio, including photos [...]
IBM uses supercomputer to model cat’s brain
Because it's Thursday Friday cat is in your PC, stealing your RAMZ. IBM and Stanford University have reportedly modeled the complete cerebral cortex of a cat using the Blue Gene supercomputer. No word yet on whether the computer gets upset and pees in front of your door if you don't spend enough time playing solitaire with it.
Fortean luft balons
It's not Thursday. It's not even Friday. But here is a random link, just to get your week started up right. From the Mental Floss article on the best "message in a bottle" stories we have this story of a message on a balloon. In June 2001, 10-year old Laura Buxton released a red balloon into the air over her hometown of Stoke-on-Trent in [...]
More witchcraft hysteria
So... I guess I really have to admit that the Thursday blog has turned into an Every-Other-Friday blog as of late. I had a good friend who used to say "a bad excuse is better than no excuse." Right now, though, my only excuse is "I've been crazy busy and preoccupied." Lame, I know. But an excuse, nonetheless. So for this edition of the [...]
