I’m pretty sure the Fantasy Title Generator, if not already in use by the fantasy novel publishing machine, will soon be.

While it’s pretty groovy that these scientists are turning viruses into medicinal delivery systems, it makes me cringe to think that they have to make the virus more difficult for the human immune to destroy to do it. Muddy religious overtones aside, haven’t these people ever read The Stand?

Coming soon to a refugee camp near you, the latest idea in quick-to-build housing involves concrete and chemical reactions, two of my very favorite things. Just think of it as the ruggedized version of glass-blowing and you’ll be on the right track.

Sometimes, the only way to understand fully how far technology has advanced is to think of the technologies we’re not using anymore. For a second, just imagine how you would react if you received a telegram today. Wild, isn’t it? Well, you don’t have to worry about that anymore, ’cause Western Union just stopped sending them.

My home town is the setting for the latest in the Gawker media empire, Valleywag. It’s a gossip rag for the Silicon Valley, because there’s nothing more exciting than the social lives of geeks. [boingboing]