technology

Today I learned that there is a sunken cement ship from WWI leaking oil near the state beach in Aptos, CA. It was sunk in 1930 on purpose so it could be a resort, but it went bust after a couple years, and now birds get into it and get all oily from its ancient Roman fuel tanks.

In other news, William Shatner's response when asked if he wanted to go on the first space tourist flight is the quote of the day:

I'm interested in man's march into the unknown, but to vomit in space is not my idea of a good time. Neither is a fiery crash with the vomit hovering over me.