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It’s clear how this bandage works:

A transparent adhesive bandage, or plaster, which protects a wound while allowing air and moisture to circulate so that it heals faster, tops the list of innovations made by one of the newest research institutes here.

Made of a special polymer membrane, the protective strip also allows doctors to see how the wound is healing, so that they know exactly when it can be removed.

Developed by researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, the material is also heat-sensitive — sticking to the warm skin of the body, but peeling off easily when touched by cold water.

Note: my comrade at ProBlogs (it’s not dead… yet), Roland Piquepaille found this gem earlier a few days ago.

Currently, I’m still in a giddy mood from all the love I received at the local Senior Citizen Center (all this time I thought once you turned 65 you were sent to an institution and melted into glue or used as a cadaver — boy was I wrong, these people not only eat, breath and sleep, but they can play chess and something called bingo. And in retrospect I think I was a little to hasty in my conclusion that Joe the Geriatric should be exterminated Logan Run style.), so I don’t have anything productive to say.

Roland also points out that you probably won’t see these plastic adhesive thingies for another 2 years or so, and guess what that reminded me of?

(from “The Simpsons,” when Moe is opening up a family restaurant)
Moe: “I got this [deep-fryer] on loan from the Army. It can deep-fry an entire buffalo in 40 seconds.”
Homer: “40 seconds? But I want it now!”

That show works on so many levels. Just like duct tape.

Which OS are You?

A few of my responses:

- Favorite input device? Sausage of power
- You show up at your megacorp Holiday party, but dateless. Bring married friends down to your level by inciting arguments between them and their spouses
- If you were a villain who would you be? Mojo Jojo
- Which phrase appears the most times on your elementary school report cards? “Spends too much time organizing revolts”
- Your spouse complains about a large painting on your living room wall which is hanging crooked. State that the deviance from level is well within desired parameters.
- You’re driving on the freeway during rush hour, and traffic is at a crawl. You’re in the far-left lane, but you need to get to the far-right lane to get your exit. Come to a complete stop, turn on your hazards, get out and place emergency flares in a diagonal line across all four lanes

Via Howard.

Remember, in Soviet Russia operating system boots you.

AMD finally released the Athlon 64 for the consumption by the masses (remember the Opteron/Sledgehammer was released back in April), and as always, AcesHardware has one of the most thorough reviews (they paid me $1 billion to tell you that).

I really don’t have any special way of honoring this occassion as all of my Intel CPUs have been burned during past ritu… oh look, there is a dog with a fluffy tail.

Here fluff, here fluff!

Subject: C5) Why don’t we try to destroy tropical cyclones by nuking them:

During each hurricane season, there always appear suggestions that one should simply use nuclear weapons to try and destroy the storms. Apart from the fact that this might not even alter the storm, this approach neglects the problem that the released radioactive fallout would fairly quickly move with the tradewinds to affect land areas and cause devastating environmental problems. Needless to say, this is not a good idea.

Score one for Ralph Wiggum.

I don’t know about you, but I’m anti-Hurricane. Every time he comes up for election I vote against him or any of his relatives. The infidel deserves to die, along with his compatriots. Who will band with me to destroy this menace to freedom? Because if we don’t strike first, he will kill us all, take our horses and send all of our kids to Day Care.

Damn those hurricanes of mass destruction.

When will his reign of terror end?

I was poking my head around the Hacktivismo website (the creators of the Six/Four System which is used by Ultramagnetic).

Now, I’m sure most of you are somewhat familiar with current cryptography exporting laws (they’re openly discussed in Hollywood movies like Mercury Rising and Swordfish). Check out this part:

3. You cannot download this software from us if you are an entity on the “Denied Persons List” published by the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security. The Denied Persons List is published here or here [text file]. The most recent changes to the Denied Persons List are published here.

Well, I hope your name is not on this List of Doom™, though, my bet is you already know if your nombre was scribbled into the nanny’s blackbook. And here is another record of Bad People®: OFAC list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.

I’m starting a new venture in which I sell high-quality tin-foil hats and you buy them in bulk. First come, first served.

Soup Nazi aka NSA

The Unsexy List - Fifty genital-retracting people, places and things.

Yea, more misanthropic cultural dreck that you could have put together yourself (that’s why you did, on that napkin you left on the table at Starbucks).

Here are few of theirs plus my special warm & fuzzy commentary:

- Livejournal: I like brownies and orange cats, I hate Simon!
- All-over tans: bringing a new sensation to the area where the sun don’t shine
- Tongue Rings: so uhh, tell me what it’s like having it, 20 years from now
- Friendster.com: OMG, you knew that I lived on Evergreen Terrace?

It almost reminds me of the SNL sketch: The, How do you say? Ah yes, Show with Antonio Banderas.

Via Mike.