Nathan's Occasional Blog

Let me guess … now they’re going to ban shoes on airplanes?

The government’s new order that all airline passengers put their shoes through X-ray machines won’t help screeners find a liquid or gel that can be used as a bomb.

The machines are unable to detect explosives, according to a Homeland Security report on aviation screening recently obtained by The Associated Press.

Source: X-rays won’t detect liquid or gel bombs – Yahoo! News

Belkin looks to be coming out with some new surge protector designs that let you plug in big bricks and lots of other things easily.  But what’s catching my eye is the “concealed’ model that looks to have the outlets on the inside of the unit.  Very cool for those who are trying to protect youngin’s!

Link to Belkin releases Compact, Concealed, and Clamp-On Surge Protectors – Engadget

I’ll have to go get some of these for Kaitlyn.  You know, to keep her important Lego creation designs and pictures of animal crackers.  🙂

Link to Kingston launches Mini Fun flash drives – Engadget

I just came across a new interface for testing your online bandwidth that lets you store previous results … COOL!  Check out www.speedtest.net.  It’s in “beta” (aren’t we all?).  Found via CNet.