Lance - Cloned Puppy

The first cloned pet (above) in North America recently arrived home where version1 of himself used to reside and he’s a spittin’ image of his oldself.

Of course the question still remains on whether long term v2’s personality mimics v1 so there’s some risk to the $155k the family spent was put to good use. This ABC News article covers the homecoming and also some of the pitfalls of cloning for families by recounting issues seen with a cloned bull.

Good news though, as the cloning technology improves, the cost has already come down and may only cost you $55k, possibly this year. I can see this costing just $5k within the next 3-5 years and at that time it will be accessible to the average family.

The GI Joe superhero movie (“G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra”) is nearly complete and the first trailers are out. Will GI Joe be the sissy metropolitan man we were led to believe him to be a year ago when the plot summary first came out?

After seeing this trailer I’ll set aside my previous concerns, move into the neutral category and wait to see more before passing judgment on this traditional hero.

Go Joe Go!

Manned Submarine

Having served on fast attack submarines for 8 fun and stressful years, I keep my eyes and ears open to sub news from around the world. Today I found this inspiring New Scientist article:

Some men mark their 40th birthday by buying a flashy new car, changing jobs or finally getting started on that novel. Ted Ciamillo decided he would pedal across the Atlantic in a one-man submarine he has designed and built himself.

If the guy could pull it off, he would truly be a manly-man.

 

[via Blueflipper Diving]

A simple typing error brought Google’s search engine to a grinding halt, millions of sites tagged by GOOG as harmful and mass confusion ensued.

Oops. Looks like it’s another visible result from depending on this particular monopoly.

The Telegraph has the scoop.

google is broken

Blackberry Storm

Like all other iPod posers (aka “iPod Killers”), the Blackberry Storm is having trouble out of the starting gate and that’s nothing new to previous posers to AAPL’s “Jesus Phone”.

Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion Ltd. have high hopes for the BlackBerry Storm, which they spent nearly two years developing as their big response to Apple Inc.’s iPhone.  —  But despite a marketing campaign that cost more than $100 million, the smart phone has gotten off to a bumpy start.

In other Blackberry news:

- BlackBerry Storm ‘ideal for social networking’ MobileShop.com
- Leaked BlackBerry Storm 9530 firmware adds portrait QWERTY keyboard