The Grumpy Owl

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  • The Grumpy Owl: Podcast Two on Sep 18, 2009 in Uncategorized

    The second podcast for The grumpy Owl by Ryan Oakley. Posted in Uncategorized...

  • The Grumpy Owl is Dead on Jul 12, 2009 in Uncategorized

    The Grumpy Owl has moved. You can now find it here. CLICK THROUGH Posted in Uncategorized...

  • Robot Bat Flexible Lense Insurgent on Jul 10, 2009 in robots

    One of the science fiction methods used to be hard work.  You had to find weird notions and combine them into some sort of working, though fictional, contraption.  Then you think about the societal implications.  As ridiculous as it might be, the...

  • ISIS Airship on Jul 8, 2009 in army energy

    DARPA is building an airship to monitor battlefield and airspace. It can track troop movements 180 miles away, track cruise missiles at 370 miles away and, unlike satellites, has the ability to “maintain watch over a huge, fixed position witho...

  • Even Songbirds Practise on Jul 7, 2009 in animals brain

    Hearing a bird sing, it’s quite easy to believe that they were born knowing how to do it.  But not so.  They improve their songs as they grow up.  A new study from MIT has shown how practise improves their performances. A baby zebra finch st...

  • Pink Pipe Pic on Jul 5, 2009 in art smoking

    I just like this picture found here.  It’s surprsingly hard to find a pink pipe, even on these internets. Posted in art, smoking Tagged: art, smoking...

  • Planting the Seeds of Two Suits on Jul 3, 2009 in bespoke clothing dandy style

    I had a lovely visit with my tailor, Don Fabien Lee yesterday, the goal of which was to have some final tweaks and tucks made to the black suit I had purchased earlier in the year and to start the process of having two more suits built.  I knew, whe...