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December 8th, 2011
The A-12 Spy Plane and Area 51 (How cool is this?)
In this rare picture, courtesy of National Geographic, a titanium A-12 spy-plane prototype is shown suspended upside down at Area 51 in the late 1950s. How cool is this all, that this A-12 was nearly undetectable to radar, could fly at 2,200 miles (3,540 kilometers) an hour (fast enough to cross the continental U.S. in about an hour), and that it could take high resolution pictures of foot-long objects from a height of 90,000 feet (27,400 meters). And this was in the 1950s! (60 years later, and we still spend many hours getting cross the country.)
October 3rd, 2011
(Brand new proof) Not only can animals talk,
but they will also talk behind your back to news reporters, friends and even your dates.
August 18th, 2011
Recent vanity plates
Saw some cool vanity plates recently.
- XKCD 437 – Fittingly, this was an SUV.
- G8RFAN – Fittingly again, Florida themed plates.
- R3 GLS – A minivan, probably referring to a soccer mom with 3 girls.
- 5JABI – Could be from more than one country, but the person’s mother tongue is one of top 10 spoken languages.
- MOCKBA – Person is from the city with the largest number of billionaires.
April 22nd, 2011
What a catch – British tourist saves baby in 4-story Florida fall
Helen Beard, 44, of Worksop, England, was at an Econo Lodge Inn pool in Orlando when she saw a small child dangling from the balcony. She ran to a spot directly under Jah-Nea Myles and caught Jah-Nea and broke her fall before the child slipped from her arms and hit the ground. The child’s mother said that there was not a scratch on the child’s body. More details on this story here.
What an accomplishment for Helen – I am sure she is proud of herself. On the same note, thousands of doctors and other health care workers should also be proud of everyone they have saved, even though their work gets less headline coverage.
I am sure Andrew Strauss and Jonty Rhodes are thinking – What a catch!
April 14th, 2011
Some more vanity plates
Doing a rideshare on I-66 gives me a lot of time to look at vanity plates on days when I am the passenger. Here are some recent ones:
- “SK GR8NS”- I have been seeking goodness for a long time, and now perhaps it is time to move from good to great.
- “SOYDPR” – Does this mean “Soy de Puerto Rico”? Si? Que bueno. Soy de Inde. Mucho gusto. Nunca estuve en Puerto Rico, pero me gustaría visitarlo.
- “PHYZX 4 U” – Sounds good. I will let you know when I have a sudden urge to refresh my understanding of Navier-Stokes equations.
- “CRE8 LV” – The reverse (Love Creates) is true as well
- “NYC 212″ – Perhaps based on this, I should have “FFX 703″
- “13PT1 R” – Well, well, half a marathon is something to be very proud of – (Thanks to my good friend Bo for pointing this out).
- …
- “XHT QA6″ – This I didn’t understand. Any help is appreciated.
March 17th, 2011
More vanity plates
Recently saw the following vanity plates on my regular I-66 and I-495 commute.
- NY YNKEZ: Ok, we get it. Fine. I saw an SUV almost rear end this one. The SUV probably had Mets written on it. (I am just saying.)
- AQT B4U: Very nice. Although in this case, she was more to my side than really before me, but really nice.
- JNEFER: Nice and direct, but as I observed, Jennifer looked rather manly, complete with beard and moustache.
- MOCKBA: Very nice for “Moskva”, written in Cyrillic. You can check this out: New York Moskva
- BRE-SQRD: This I didn’t figure out, but second portion probably refers to squared. Any ideas?
November 23rd, 2010
3 Fun Vanity Plates
Saw some nice vanity plates on I-66 and I-495 recently:
1XX 1XY
I don’t know if it refers to the kids or if it is a political statement on marriage. 
GOLF NE1
Well, count me in.
FT PRINS
This reminds me of an old story – foot prints in the sand.
September 13th, 2010
An environmentally great design (that I don’t understand)
At our swanky new offices, we have all sorts of cool appliances (very Googlesque) and environmentally great. There is one thing that I don’t yet understand though:
September 1st, 2010
BNLFAN?
Saw this cool vanity plate – BN
LFAN. Couldn’t decide for the longest time what sports team it refers to. If it was WRSFAN, I would think it is a local football team, or if it was BRSFAN, some baseball team might come to mind. Similarly if it was NYYFAN, sure, we get it.
So having run out of brain cells, google result points to a music group, whose “Pinch Me” song I really like.
[Photo courtesy: NorthBCWoman]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/northernbc/