On Monday, the robotic warehouse control company Kiva announced that it had been purchased by Amazon for a whopping $775 million. Kiva, for those unaware, sells a unique product that is surely near and dear to Amazon: Fully robotic warehouses. Geekosystem has a nice write up about it.

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Two young boys walked into a pharmacy one day, picked out a box of tampons and proceeded to the checkout counter. The man at the counter asked the older boy, “Son, how old are you?” “Eight,” the boy replied. The man continued, “Do you know what these are used for?” The boy replied, “not exactly, [...]

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The site trudges on with grace and manliness, and readership is seems to be maintaining at over 800 visits a day. Page views are peaking in the 1,400 range. I’m surprised and pleased that many visits are for brew reviews, comprising about 20% or so of the total. The fact that we surpassed 6,000 posts [...]

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344 volunteers picked up a 17,000 pound barn and moved it. Shows you the power of teamwork.

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Teaser video that was shown at last week’s Comc-Con is both scary and wrong in a few places.

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On top of actually playing tennis, two players, wired up for audio, compete vocally.

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It wouldn’t be the same without the whistle.

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It’s Friday and the weekend looks glorious from a weather perspective. Let’s hope it holds up in the temps for a while so that we can get rid of the last remaining winter doldrums that cloud our collective psyches. Time to start thinking of spring seasonal beverages, mowing the lawn again, flies and mosquitos. Hmm. [...]

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Here’s Tuesday’s case of 24 very odd images gleaned from the undersides of fallen trees in Fenton Woods.

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Time to make a list and reconnoiter the shelves at your local establishment. If you don’t see it, ask if they can get it. But don’t forget, the article is just one guy’s opinion. Your mileage may vary. Read about it here.

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See if you can make it through to the end of this video. I’d surmise that this has to be one of the worst tasting beers on the planet.

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This appears to be an infinitely more complex job than just building a Kegerator. And the ice dispenser out in the garage noise factor… should be great when it kicks on at 2 a.m. More info here.

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