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This week the Big User in the Sky pushed CTRL + ALT + DEL on Jack St. Clair Kilby, inventor of the microchip. TI

He and his team were able to integrate thousands of semiconductor transistors into a teeny tiny little chip, thus finding a feasible alternative to tubes and relays and leading us onto a great new era of all sorts of boolean tomfoolery.

Wind and Rain

They both had a love of the miller’s son
Oh the wind and the rain,
But he was fond of the fairer one
Cried oh the dreadful wind and the rain

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Usually when kids ask for a pet, the parents get all squirrely, worrying about responsibility and litter boxes. But not Zontar. Little shirtless Darno asks for a pet, and Daddy gets him a giant gorilla made out of stone, a 16-legged triceratops that shoots fireballs, a dragon with heat vision, and two glob things that go “Wiggy wiggy wiggy” all the time.

Awesomest Sci-Fi Dad ever

Last weekend Little Steven had Brian Wilson on as a guest on his syndicated radio show “Little Steven’s Underground Garage”, marking Brian’s birthday. Very cool.
Listen in the archives. It’s episode 168.

This “article” claims “New Evidence Suggests Noah’s Sons Rode Flying Dinosaurs”. I got kinda upset about this until I realized that
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Christ on a bike. “New Evidence Suggests Noah’s Sons Rode Flying Dinosaurs” is the title of this “article”.

"Those must have been some mighty big flying dinosaurs," says Pastor Deacon Fred. "Imagine the look on Noah's face when his sons flew in for a landing with a pair of Hippos strapped to the back of one of them things! Glory to God!"

The “new evidence” is from a NY times article I’ve included below. Read the article above — I love the picture — and read the times article. You’ll quite easily notice that the evidence suggests absolutely nothing of the sort. Nothing against creationists, but anyone who can’t immediately see why Fred’s claims are outrageously flawed is a complete and utter moron. Grrrr.
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Groovy. Mr Scheffler took two videos and some pics of the gig on Friday.
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There was a strong wind blowing upstage, which felt nice, but made my hair stand up, as I can see now.