Why wasn't Andrea Vece's Layne Staley bio, Itch, Love Stories About Heroin, published this August as planned? Because the "author" decided "there couldn't be a greater tribute...than compiling a book of memories...and publishing it on the date of [Staley's] passing [April 5]." Blabbermouth recaps Vece's curious plan: "The first half...will now feature the original journal writings of the author...[the] second half will be titled "Memory Layne" and will contain stories from fans...as well as her ...

tags: layne staley, alice in chains, book of memories, journal writings, blabbermouth, vece, alice in chains singer, love stories, aol, occult, heroin, second half, andrea, experiences, tribute, memory

Help from above? The lone survivor of a plane crash that killed seven people in British Columbia is not deeply religious but he must have received help from above to survive against staggering odds, his brother says. [...] Tom Wilson, 36, walked away from the Sunday morning crash that killed seven others, including the pilot and six of his co-workers. The Pacific Coastal Airlines plane, a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, went down on Thormanby Island, off the ...

tags: pacific coastal airlines, grumman goose, british columbia coast, staggering odds, lone survivor, morning crash, amphibious aircraft, broken bones, plane crash, internal injuries, john reid, tom wilson, grumman, ndr, co workers, sunday morning, burns, vancouver, pilot, brother

Supercomputers Break Petaflop Barrier, Transforming Science | Wired Science from Wired.com: "When the Top 500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers was announced at the international supercomputing conference in Austin, Texas, on Monday, IBM had barely managed to cling to the top spot, fending off a challenge from Cray. But both competitors broke petaflop speeds, performing 1.105 and 1.059 quadrillion floating-point calculations per second, the first two computers to do so.These computers aren't just faster ...

tags: international supercomputing conference, number crunchers, fastest supercomputers, transforming science, seattle firm, point calculations, massive number, quadrillion, cray, two computers, forefront, austin texas, simulation

Content: A Kingdom for KeflingsPrice: 800 Microsoft PointsAvailability: All Xbox LIVE regionsDash Text: [ESRB: E (EVERYONE) MILD CARTOON VIOLENCE] Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 2-4, HD (High Definition). Unlock the full version of A Kingdom for Keflings for even more homes, buildings, and workshops to build! Join up to three of your friends via Xbox LIVE to cooperatively construct the kingdom of your dreams. The full version of A Kingdom for Keflings includes achievements to earn, more ...

tags: xbox 360 hard drive, cartoon violence, xbox live, memory unit, 512mb memory, xbox 360, high definition, xbox, 360 hard drive, hd, dreams, arcade, storage, microsoft, game, love

The non-sensical short story of a boy who had a unicycle for a leg. Directed by Alan Cook and Philip Rodrigues.

tags: alan cook, unicycle, rodrigues, short story

A personal profile of Robert De Niro by Quentin Tarantino. He looks at Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, and Raging Bull. First shown on Cinefile, UK Channel 4, 1994.

tags: quentin tarantino, deer hunter, taxi driver, raging bull, robert de niro, personal profile, channel 4