Back home in Mentone to visit my family and friends for Christmas. While hanging out with some friends earlier this weekend, we created some “killer cookies.”

Ninja Bread Man

Rock / Metal Cookie (with a studded bracelet)

Just went to my 40th In N’ Out burger today. Wow!

To celebrate, I created a pseudo web app (iPhone and iPod Touch friendly!) that show a map of all the locations I’ve been to. Check it out!

While hanging out at AGU today, I stopped by the local coffee shop to recharge with some caffeine and sugar. As I was happily gnawing away on the limbs of my newfound gingerbread man, I couldn’t help but to coin a new word (this is what multiple, full days of science do to you).

Gingerbreadmanocide

Definition (noun) – The deliberate and systematic extermination of a type of pastry.

This week is the annual AGU conference in San Francisco. It’s basically a who’s who in the world of geosciences, with lots of exciting research, talks, and poster sessions going on. There are somewhere around 15,000 scientists attending this year.

Over on my Geology News blog, I posted a video that I put together.

This is Tesla Claus – found during Santacon 2008 in San Francisco.

Whoa! (Another thing to add to my – “things to do before I die” list)

BASE jumping off the top of the current tallest building in the world – the Burj Dubai.

[Via Current]

This great faux-advertisement pretty much sums up what the auto industry is trying to do.

[Via Buffalo Beast]

I shot a private event this past weekend at the California Academy of Sciences. One of the benefits is that the museum was mostly empty. I took advantage of this by wandering around the aquarium and checking things out.

Interestingly enough, since it was evening, many of the animals were actually active. Including the alligators.

Newsreel from the 1950’s showing an Aerocar taking off from San Francisco International Airport.

[Via Telstar Logistics]

We’re seriously going to go ahead and bail out the automotive industry now? Good grief. I can’t wait until it’s my turn.

The website Ironic Sans created this awesome mash up of Ford’s logo. It sums up my opinion pretty well.

[Via Laughing Squid]