#1 The Doctor and Craig are fighting the Cybermen silver rat in Craig’s kitchen. Craig is holding the rat immobile with a cookie sheet from the oven, and the Doctor is riffing about why his sonic screwdriver isn’t working to deactivate it. In a great line, The Doctor says “that’s OK, I have an app for that!”, gives the sonic a twist, and zaps the rat! The day is saved!
#2 Adam Savage of Mythbusters steps into a dance cage, and boogies down to the Dr. Who theme while Tesla coils zap him!
Just too cool!
So a few minutes ago I’m checking out the stats page for my blog, when I see 2 hits from the search engine term ‘sexy ham radio’. I really had to do a double take on that.
Oh, crap. How did that happen?
At least she didn’t call 9-1-1….
You’re not following 
JimmieJoe / KC6YRU 
This is so wrong…
September 25, 2011
Jim Reeves commentary, geek, Humor satellite falls to Earth, TV prank, UARS Leave a comment
It may sound like I’m blowing my own horn here, but this would never work on me. I simply know too much about satellites, the actual size and shape of the UARS satellite, and what happens when they de-orbit. Whatever parts survived the re-entry splashed down somewhere in the Pacific, sinking quietly into oblivion. You have to remember a few things about orbiting machines: In orbit, they are moving at 17,500 miles per hour. That’s a lot of kinetic energy that has to go somewhere, and that’s why we see those huge fireballs if we’re lucky enough to see something hit the upper atmosphere. Also, 3/4’s of the planet’s surface is ocean, so the odds are pretty good it’s going to splashdown, not crashdown.
The funny part of the video, for me, is that the ‘victims’ of this prank have no clue that what they’re seeing cannot happen. A little science education would have told them immediately they were the victims of a prank. But it makes for good television!
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