Did hydrogen in the Hindenburg get the bad rap? Not surprisingly, the National Hydrogen Association seems to believe so. Check out their rational here.

Some more shockwave animation for you amusement.

Out the Bush

As a PSA, TA.com reprints the following:

Gertrude M. Jones

Word has been received that Gertrude M. Jones, 81, passed away on August 25, 2003, under the loving care of the nursing aides of Heritage Manor of Mandeville, Louisiana. She was a native of Lebanon, KY. She was a retired Vice President of Georgia International Life Insurance Company of Atlanta, GA. Her husband, Warren K. Jones predeceased her. Two daughters survive her: Dawn Hunt and her live-in boyfriend, Roland, of Mandeville, LA; and Melba Kovalak and her husband, Drew Kovalak, of Woodbury, MN. Three sisters, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren, also survive her. Funeral services were held in Louisville, KY. Memorial gifts may be made to any organization that seeks the removal of President George Bush from office.

Published in The Times-Picayune on 10/2/2003.

Proof that truth is really stranger than fiction. Herring make farting sounds at night, Canadian and British scientists say. Check it out here.

Potlines

The marijuana industry "has emerged as Canada's most valuable agricultural product -- bigger than wheat, cattle or timber," Forbes' Silicon Valley bureau chief writes in a cover feature called Inside Dope: Canada's dirty, well-lit marijuana trade is rich, expanding ... and unstoppable.

"With prices reaching $2,700 a pound wholesale, the trade takes in somewhere between $4 billion ( in U.S. dollars ) nationwide and $7 billion just in the province of British Columbia, depending on which side of the law you believe."