Daily Archives: January 7, 2011

Drop the Chalupa!

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Florida Professor Arrested for Having a “Suspicious” Bagel on a Plane

A Florida professor was arrested and removed from a plane Monday after his fellow passengers alerted crew members they thought he had a suspicious package in the overhead compartment.
That “suspicious package” turned out to be keys, a bagel with cream cheese and a hat.

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Monday’s incident is another example of other passengers essentially becoming the authority on terrorist activity on planes.

Got this from Daring Fireball, not Schneier (I suspect it will be there soon*), and Gruber had a comment:

“Suspicious Bagels” would be a good name for a bagel store.

I think it would be a good name for a band.

* and he will point out that when you have amateurs doing your security, that what you get is amateur security.

Here, Fishy Fish!

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Firs for the Fish (and the Fishermen)

Leftover Christmas trees used as fish habitats in lakes, somewhat like old ships being sunk and used as artificial reefs.

The trees are taken to a different lake each year, where volunteers bundle them and secure them to the lake bed. Within days, the newly denuded branches become covered with algae, which attract aquatic insects, fish and, ultimately, fishermen.

The incentive to get volunteers?

“If they help, we give them the GPS coordinates of the trees,” Mr. Mitchell said of the volunteers, many of whom are anglers. “You can go right to the spot, and it’ll be good fishing there.”

Lego Letterpress

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Letterpress Made of Legos

[T]hese two graphic designers have put Lego to yet another wonderfully off-label use by constructing a working letterpress printer out of the bricks. By clicking smooth Lego tiles into place on plastic baseboards and inking the plates, they create handmade prints with an 8-bit aesthetic.