http://www.delgrosso.com Marginally better than a sharp stick in the eye. Fri, 16 May 2008 01:37:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I, for one, welcome our new follicle-sucking surgical robot overlords: A robot that can pluck and move individual hair follicles on a person's head makes hair transplants look more natural than those performed by humans, a US company claims. Oh, the wonders of modern medical science.  Don't you just get a happy little tingle ... http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/not-only-am-i-the-hair-club-president/ Japanese gravestone manufacturer Ishinokoe is partnering with an IT firm to add scannable barcodes to tombstones: Behind doors on the tombstone that can be locked is a QR code -- a square code read by mobile phones that can link to Web addresses. Grave visitors can use the code to access images ... http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/upc-to-replace-rip/ When you see a Big Red Button, of course you want to push it. http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/emergency-party-button/ Joseph Dimow gives a personal account of his participation in the infamous Milgram experiments: I was very suspicious and asked a number of questions: Isn't it dangerous? How do you know the learner doesn't have a bad heart and can't take the shocks? What if he wants to stop, can he get ... http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/resisting-authority/ Peregrine falcon chicks began hatching today in their nest in the tower atop the Kodak world headquarters building in downtown Rochester.  Just in time for Mother's Day[1. The mother falcon is named Mariah, after George Eastman's mother.].  Aww.  Can you even stand the cuteness of it all? Kodak provides a webcam ... http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/chicks-man-chicks/ Tomorrow (5/8/08) at 12:00pm ET is the next CameraCon "TimeShoot".  Not sure where I'll be at that point in the day, but I'll be sure to have a camera with me.  Hopefully I'll be able to get something interesting. You can see the results of the previous TimeShoot on Flickr here. (via ... http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/timeshoot/ In anticipation of this summer's new X-Files movie[1. Yeah, I was one of those "X-Philes" people back in the day.], I've been revisiting the show on DVD. Let's just say that I don't think season 1 aged very well.  Oh, those 90s clothes and haircuts.  I just can't get over the ... http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/returning-to-x/ For all my quirky habits, I'm not much of a ritualistic person.  Some things I do repetitively or consistently out of mere habit, but rarely do things procedurally according to any kind of personal tradition. Having said that, I do have a bit of a custom when it comes to "retiring" ... http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/the-moleskine-ritual/ Happy Cinco de Mayo.  I will of course take the opportunity today, on this Americanized Mexican holiday, to drink several Modelo Especials and go on a search for good Mexican food somewhere here in the Sarasota/Bradenton area where I'm currently visiting. ¡Viva la somethingorother! http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/cinco-de-mayo/ Volvo plans to create an injuryproof car by 2020: Automakers, parts suppliers, governments and global agencies from the United Nations to the OECD are all looking at ways to relegate to memory the roughly 1.2 million deaths and 50 million injuries caused by motor vehicle crashes each year. But in what some ... http://www.delgrosso.com/2008/05/the-deathproof-car/