Calling OpenDNS! What’s going on?! I don’t live in China you know! UPDATE 1: OpenDNS blocks Yahoo and Twitter too! UPDATE 2: I removed OpenDNS, entered PLDT’s DNS settings and restarted both my Linksys wireless router and modem. That seemed to have solved the problem. It looks like OpenDNS is misinterpreting my IP address as… Continue reading Google.com Blocked by OpenDNS
Category: Bizarre
Who Cleans Up at the Googleplex?
[photopress:google_janitor.gif,full,centered] Credit: HandRooster Looking at how immaculate and pristine the Googleplex is, I can’t help but wonder if Google has a janitorial or maintenance staff at hand. Aileen has been there twice and said she never saw janitors around. Is there some mysterious entity roving at night that gets rid of all the “spam” left… Continue reading Who Cleans Up at the Googleplex?
Elton John: Close Down the Internet!
First, Elton John hates the iPod, now he wants the Internet closed down. Elton John claims that the Internet is “destroying good music” and “stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff”. He continues, “Instead they sit at home and make their own records, which is sometimes OK but it doesn’t… Continue reading Elton John: Close Down the Internet!
Sleeping Pills Wake Up Comatose Patients
All I can say is WOW. I know, I know, I’m digressing like I always do but I think this is important enough to talk about. Who would’ve thought that the well-known and often abused sleeping pill Stilnox (Zolpidem) can wake up patients in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) aka comatose patients? It’s heartening to know… Continue reading Sleeping Pills Wake Up Comatose Patients
11-ft. Japanese Robot Suit For Sale
From TechEBlog via Zipped: Called the ‘Land Walker’, this behemoth stands 11 feet tall, weighs 1 ton and sports two air guns. It was created by Masaaki Nagumo of Sakakibara Kikai Co., an environment machinery manufacturer in Shinto, Japan. Fascinated by his favorite anime show ‘Gundam’, Nagumo wanted to create something similar to the high-flying… Continue reading 11-ft. Japanese Robot Suit For Sale