The Linkage for Oct. 6th

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Sep. 26th to Oct. 6th:

Video: What are you doing here?
Tags: video funny doctor_who
How many times can you ask the same question over the course of 45 years? Quite a few, as the writers of Doctor Who have demonstrated.

Ike drops big fossil in man’s yard
Tags: texas weather history animals weird
One guy came home to discover something unexpected amidst all of the storm left behind by Hurricane Ike – a six-pound fossilized mammoth tooth.

Robbers take mail at gunpoint
Tags: clute stupid crime
The post office? Really? Is this the 1880s? Who robs a post office? For a bag of mail? I’m guessing they had put something in the mail by accident and didn’t want it to get sent out.

Back to the future on the gridiron
Tags: technology history football broncos system:filetype:jpg system:media:image
Think helmet cams are a new fancy-dan technology foisted upon us by Fox and ESPN? Think again. This photo shows Broncos QB Jacky Lee sporting a “newfangled HelmetCam” over forty years ago! There’s no way you could actually play football wearing that contraption.

Army, Sears clothing deal irks lawmakers
Tags: business government army
Ladies and gentlemen, badges and military insigna that once had to be earned will soon be on sale for every angst-ridden teenager to buy at their local Sears. I’m not sure who thought this was a good idea.

China knocks out another space milestone
Tags: space china
Five years after their first manned space flight, the Chinese successfully completed their first space walk.

Shea goodbye to the Mets’ longtime home
Tags: baseball history mets stadiums
A loving look back at the New York’s other stadium that’s closing its doors this season – Shea Stadium. Not quite as historic or iconic as Yankee Stadium, but definitely a place that will be missed by some.

Eyes of Texas creator Ray Miller dies
Tags: deaths texas history television media
Probably no one did as much for the advancement of Texas history and popular culture in the past half-decade as Ray Miller.

Oops… McCain claims debate victory a bit too quickly
Tags: politics advertising republicans 2008_election
In news that no doubt resulted in some low-level intern getting sacked, the McCain campaign (presumably) accidentally started running online ads claiming that the candidate had won the first presidential debate – hours before the debate was scheduled to take place and before his campaign would even commit to McCain showing up at all.

Art with LEGO bricks
Tags: lego art
Holy crap. This guy does amazing things with LEGOs. And since we all know that I have a serious LEGO art obsession…

Japanese invent airbags for old people
Tags: japan health technology funny
A Japanese company says it has made an airbag designed to stop elderly people injuring themselves by falling over. So if you’re cool with the whole wearing-a-dorky-airbag-system-on-your-back-all-the-time thing, you can still maintain that sense of independence in your golden years.

Swiss guy rockets himself over the English Channel
Tags: technology uk france switzerland
It’s so advanced that I wouldn’t exactly call his rig “homemade” like the AP did in its article, but a Swiss man has successfully rocketed across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled fixed wing. The picture of him flying looks like a Buzz Lightyear action figure.

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