Under a Gibbous Moon

Here are the photos I took of my Jeep:

From the front

Passenger side

Driver's side

The flat tire

Widshield. Note the wire in the lower left, that was what my cell phone was attatched to.

From the inside

Yes, the windshield does look broken in. That is because my backpack from the passenger seat was embedded in it. When I removed it, it bent the glass back inwards.

Yesterday, while on my way to work I was in a car accident on the highway. I think the front driver’s side tire blew and, anyway, my jeep flipped over and rolled about three times. Lucky for me, it landed on its wheels. I got hurt, but nothing was broken. Blogging will slow down for a while though.

When I go to get my personal effects from the vehicle, I will make sure that I take some pictures.

Since we all know that 2012 is actually going to result in a zombie apocalypse, this video will give you a nice primer on how to survive and what not to do.

Excellent production values by the way, very slick. Too bad about the sequel though…

This comes by way of Schneier on Security. A new scholarly paper from the American Journal of Forensic Medical Pathology that is cleverly titled, Use of a pig model to demonstrate vulnerability of major neck vessels to inflicted trauma from common household items.

A brief summary of this paper would be what every prisoner already knows, damn near anything can be used as a weapon in a pinch:

Commonly available items including a ball point pen, a plastic knife, a broken wine bottle, and a broken wine glass were used to inflict stab and incised wounds to the necks of 3 previously euthanized Large White pigs. With relative ease, these items could be inserted into the necks of the pigs next to the jugular veins and carotid arteries.

Now the biggest problem that I see with this is that the TSA will see this as a security hole that needs to be plugged as opposed to showing the futility of banned random crap. I’m afraid that this paper will cause us to all be flying naked soon.

A steal at only $5,000

From Wired.com