Every once in a while,

technology shows up that's actually being used for good.

Here's a BBC News Online article about a fellow who's invented something called Bigfoot... it's a mechanical land-mine clearance device. Goes after anti-personnel mines by pounding the ground with mechanical feet. Apparently it tested pretty well in Bosnia.

I like the idea.

(no subject)

Had Chinese food for lunch today. Hunan beef, from a place not far from where I work.

Somehow it's just not the same. Couldn't help looking at it while I was eating and wondering how much that had to be changed, since the restaurant in question caters primarily to the local non-Asian population. The two people with me, who'd picked the place out, were very determined in their rejection of hot and spicy; meanwhile here's me, thinking that the stuff in front of me was just barely noticeable despite being hot... oh, well. Can't go back again, I guess. At least I can still feel my tongue.