This new weapon developed by the Department of Defense sounds pretty cool and pretty scary!

I took this picture on Friday, October 26, while waiting in line outside the Apple Store at the Mall at Millennia for Mac OS X Leopard (10.5). I was one of the very first group to be let in to get my copy of Leopard and the free t-shirt!

Researchers fire most powerful antimatter beam ever - Engadget

"Holy positrons, Batman, they could blow up the universe!"

Apple

The cat is almost out of the bag!

Now the terrorists are using water balloons!

Like a lot of little boys, I'd like a rocket for Christmas!

Comcast really does block BitTorrent traffic after all | The Iconoclast - politics, law, and technology - CNET News.com

This isn't a good sign!

On Friday, October 12, my wife had a 4D sonogram done at Florida Hospital and we were able to find out that we're having a boy! Right now we're pretty sure we'll name him Connor James Riesen. The rest of our pictures can be seen at our Flickr account.

Now THIS is the ultimate computer!!!

It looks like a couple of Target stores are selling special edition Fred Flintstone iPods.

This article about the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics goes a little more in-depth than the MacWorld article below.

Macworld: News: Nobel Prize discovery led to iPods, better laptops

Here's the iPhone I'll get to go along with my gold MacBook and printer.

NPR : Microsoft Aims to Apply Spam Study to HIV

Ummm... am I the only one looking at this and saying, "You've got to be kidding me. They're wasting time and resources on THAT?!" Not that the search for an AIDS/HIV vaccine isn't a noble cause, but come one... studying spam? That's got to be the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard.

The 24-carat gold MacBook Pro, with diamond studded Apple logo - Engadget

I hope I can get mine before Paris Hilton gets hers!

I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer | Science | The Guardian

This week's sign the apocalypse is near.

Purpose of appendix believed found - CNN.com

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. It's been a busy week and there hasn't been much in the way of interesting news. This article is pretty interesting, though. Thanks to David (only he knows which David, hehe) for sending this to me.