Brian Gongol


There are lots of ways humanity could get the word out in case of disaster, but we're still not very good at it

Warner Brothers says it's going to stop doing business with a firm that has been offering free games on WB's website, because the program people have to download in order to get the games loads adware onto the user's computer -- adware that pushes stuff like porn

There are eight flight-certified manufacturers of airships today

Bizarre but true: If the economy slows, then the Fed will probably back off interest rates. If that happens, the market for stocks looks better.

People perusing aerial photos discovered that a fountain in Belgium looks like a swastika from above; the city has decided to change it to a shamrock instead. Belgian shamrocks? Nearly as amusing: A wacky miniature military installation in China.

Charged with theft of $120,000 cash from a traffic stop

(Videos) Related: William Shatner spoofed the legendary Molson commercial

16-year-old girl executed for "crimes against chastity". Iran has more people than the UK. The current theocratic leadership is trying hard to keep the reformers down.


Microsoft is going to distribute Internet Explorer 7 as part of an automatic update sometime in the fourth quarter

An "intelligence test" that asks how well you can recognize certain linguistic patterns. My performance unaided and unassisted, and the full set of answers, thanks to a quick search on the Internet.

