All 28-year old Gary Burke wanted was to return his weed whacker to Sears, just like his father had and his father’s father before him. But when he was turned away because the lawn and garden section was closed by the time he got there, he exercised his right as an American crazy person to lose it in the most over-the-top way possible. More »
Showtime has begun selling episodes of Weeds online before the show’s full-season DVD release, a first for the series. And Weeds isn’t nearly the only one – is Hollywood finally embracing digital downloads as the successor to DVD? More »
Remember back in June how Air New Zealand announced it was going to be trialling a biofuel mix in a 747 aircraft based on the jatropha plant? Well, they did it, and according to The Register, everything went off without a hitch. The plane used a 50-50 mixture of the biofuel and regular fuel in one engine, while the other three all had regular fuel running through them. They tested out a series of mid-air manoeuvres like engines stops, restarts, and got full power from the biofuel mix.
