I ran across a story over at Engadget about a realistic butterfly robot.  Apparently the thing is powered by batteries inside the lid of the jar.  Not enough is shown in the video to convince me this is real.  If they took off the lid and changed the batteries during the video I'd be more convinced.  Judge for yourself...

The arrest of Russian agents this past week got me nostalgic for the good old days of American Imperialism.  Wouldn't you know, Futurity.org was thinking about world domination (starting with Puerto Rico) as well.  Now you can see what the US flag would look like for any number of states up to 100.  Only megalomaniac patriots should proceed... 

 On July 27, 1990, HBO aired an episode of Ray Bradbury Theater that revolved around somebody trying to escape from all the noise of omnipresent electronic devices.  The episode was called "The Murderer".  It comes in 3 ten minute parts so it's a bit long but there are some pretty hilarious and prophetic scenes.  This topic came up over at Brighthand in a discussion about how the cell almost always rings when you're in the bathroom.  Thanks DTM for posting the link to this series of videos.  Enjoy (if you can)...

As I was watching Obama's speech about firing McChrystal about half an hour ago, I noticed my computer monitor oscillating around in a circle on its stand as if somebody was driving a heavy truck in the aisle past my desk.  I overheard some coworkers talking about an earthquake and sure enough, we were feeling tremors in Detroit from a 5.5 quake up in Ottawa, Canada. 

More info at: earthquake.usgs.gov