We at Byrner love sailing.  We just had to post these images and video of BMW/Oracle's newest boat, designed and built for a possible America's Cup challenge.  The decision to race vs. Switzerland's Alinghi hasn't been decided, there is a lot of legal issues, among those one being the right to use a boat like this.  Here's hoping they get to race it.

One thing to note:  If you notice the water while BMW/Oracle 90 is moving you'll notice very little wind.  Also listen to the speed of the motor from the chase boat.  This thing flat out flies.  It is definitely moving faster than the wind.

90 feet long, 158 foot tall mast.  It has been recorded at 20 knots in only 7 knots of wind... upwind. Wow!

As in: how to infuse the flavor of bacon into your bourbon.

How to baconify your bourbon

Now I've never really wanted to do this before, in fact the concept had never even approached to mere possibility of crossing my mind, but now that the idea has been broached I must admit I'm a bit curious.

After a long day on the work site, it's nice to blow off a little steam.

just be careful where you park.

So what does a geek do when he picks up running as his exercise?  He tracks it in a spiffy-cool excel spreadsheet.

For instance here is the standard log page:

Look at the last entry there: 8:34 / mile.  Nice.

And take a look at the daily pace page:

I know, I know...geek.

http://freeinfosociety.com/media/pdf/2427.pdf

THE JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENTS - WWII:
TRANSLATION of Foreign Minister Shiegemitsu's credentials
TRANSLATION

    H I R O H I T O ,
By the Grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the
Throne occupied by the same Dynasty changeless through ages
eternal,

To all who these Presents shall come, Greeting!

We do hereby authorise Mamoru Shigemitsu, Zyosanmi, First
Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun to attach his
signature by command and in behalf of Ourselves and Our
Government unto the Instrument of Surrender which is required
by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be signed.

In witness whereof, We have hereunto set Our signature and
caused the Great Seal of the Empire to be affixed.

Given at Our Palace in Tokyo, this first day of the ninth
month of the twentieth year of Syowa, being the two thousand
six hundred and fifth year from the Accession of the Emperor
Zinmu.

| Seal of | |  the    |   | Empire |	Signed: H I R O H I T O
	Countersigned: Naruhiko-o Prime Minister

We here at Byrner definitely know how cool technology is.  We're living in an amazing time, so just to prove the obvious here are some really cool clips of things in such detail you may not have realized all that was happening.  Oh, yeah, and we added some fireballs too.  You can never have enough fire balls...  enjoy.

The perfect swing...

a lighter in a blender....

sharing the fire....

video explained....

All sorts of cool things over here: http://tesladownunder.com - Vortex Ring Launchers

These things even make Gandalf jealous.