Archive for July, 2011

Summer of Fear: Spiders

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Spiders are pretty good Summer of Fear material, but they rarely manage to get much coverage so it is nice to see them break out a bit with this story of a man dying after being bitten by a Black Widow 19 times. That was one determined spider.

Summer of Fear: Leopard

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Interesting story about a Leopard attacking people in a village in India, thankfully it doesn’t appear to have killed anyone, but what makes this story stand out are the photos, which are pretty vivid without being gory.

Once They Were A Land Of Giants

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

It is now too dangerous to even cross the streets in England. I expect society will soon ground to a halt and all will come to ruin, but at least it will be safe.

In Honor of the Weekend.

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

It has been awhile since I did a lazy video post, but in honor of the weekend I thought I would post this one. It made me laugh. Twice.

Summer of Fear: Hackers

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

The neighbor from hell story is always a winner and this story of a hacker* abusing his neighbor’s wi-fi is a classic. I am actually surprised this doesn’t happen more often, but the real hero of the story is the victim’s company IT guy. People often forget that everything you do on the internet is [...]

Summer of Fear: A Late Start By Bears

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Bears are making a late run at this year’s Summer of Fear contest with the first fatal bear attack on a hiker at Yellowstone Park in twenty five years. The hiker and his wife were only a mile and half from the trail head and apparently came across a mother bear and her cubs, always [...]