http://www.feydakin.com Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:09:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [iframe http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=imnotobsoyet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1905204663&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr 120 240]I just finished reading Sex.Com by Kieren McCarthy and the #1 takeaway was something we have known for a very long time, Network Solutions sucks as a registrar. For those of you unaware of the drama, here is a very brief history: 1994 Sex.Com was registered by Gary ... http://www.feydakin.com/hack-the-planet/sexcom/ I've always been a big fan or rifles. The bigger the better. But somehow I think the military got it right and decided that this particular rifle was just a little too big. This 155mm bad boy fires a 0.1 kiloton nuclear, equal to about 10 tons of TNT, warhead about ... http://www.feydakin.com/obsolescence/m65-recoiless-nuclear-rifle/ [caption id="attachment_154" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Misfit Domains"][/caption] I admit it, I collect things.. Comic books, swords, cars, domain names, whatever I feel like at the moment.. I always intend to do something grand with whatever I collect, but in most cases they just end up collecting dust and making my wife mad..  ... http://www.feydakin.com/whatever/what-do-you-do-with-old-domains/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="175" caption="Prince Planet"][/caption] Prince Planet, the boy from the far away planet Radion, has been sent to earth determine if we are worthy of joining the Galactic Union. I've decided to do my anime fanboi development on Squidoo rather than here while I try to figure out what "here" ... http://www.feydakin.com/anime/prince-planet/ [iframe http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=imnotobsoyet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0393330435&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr&nou=1 120 240]Let me start off by saying that I am not an Apple fanatic. I started out an an Apple II way made in high school, but never really got hooked on them. I was a Tandy user for the most part. Maybe it was the price. Maybe ... http://www.feydakin.com/hack-the-planet/iwoz/ I stumbled across the Starcade website the other day and about lost my lunch. The clothes, the goofy contestants, the oh so cool games from the 80s. For those of you not old enough to remember, video games used to be played at a place called the "arcade". We would actually ... http://www.feydakin.com/obsolescence/starcade/ [caption id="attachment_144" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Abandoned Roller Coaster"][/caption] It's rare that I hit the stumble button and am presented with something I think is really cool, fortunately, tonight was a good night.. This series of photos is from an abandoned amusement park that I can only assume is in Japan.. I just wish ... http://www.feydakin.com/obsolescence/old-roller-coaster/ Hey good buddy, did you know that CB radio, or citizens’ band radio, is the great-grandfather to synchronous conferencing, also known as online chatting. In the 70’s you couldn’t get away from CB radios, they were everywhere from the trucker’s cab to mom’s trying to keep tabs on their kids. ... http://www.feydakin.com/hack-the-planet/the-history-of-chat-part-1/