The Bomber Complex, Inc. – Restaurant, Catering, and B-17G Restoration Project

In Milwaukie, OR, someone turned a B-17 Bomber into a gas station/restaurant.

From The Register:

“Milwaukie, Oregon – only in America can you beat a B-17 into a gas station.

Shortly after WWII a guy named Art Lacey (he had a British wife) went to Kansas to buy a surplus B-17. His idea was to fly it back to Oregon, jack it up in the air and make a gas station out of it. He paid $15,000 for it. He asked which one was his and they said take whichever you want because there were miles of them. He didn’t know how to fly a 4 engine airplane so he read the manual while he taxied around by himself. They said he couldn’t take off alone so he put a mannequin in the co-pilot’s seat and off he went.

Section Z

Ooh, here’s a really nice Section Z site.

I kinda miss that game, but I just can’t bear to play it now.

Spoilers

I watched part of Flightplan the other day, but didn’t get to finish it. Honestly, it isn’t worth watching all the way through again, just to see the ending.

Luckily, TheMovieSpoiler.com has a nice solution.

IVR Cheat Sheet

This is a great cheat sheet for bypassing those obnoxious “phone trees” a lot of businesses have.

It’s been very handy when dealing with Dell Support, whom I have to call daily because their products break a lot.

My $3000 Carpenter’s Level

This neat widget uses Apple’s Sudden Motion Sensor to display positional information, making my new PowerBook the world’s most expensive carpenter’s level.