Video: Amazing Storm Footage From Australia
The amount of rain that's falling halway through the video is unreal. [Thanks Luke]
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
A Tour Of The Nokia Test Centre
The Symbian Blog had a tour of one of Nokia's 11 test centres. They explain each of the tests and have a 14 minute long video.
Four Philosophical Questions To Make Your Brain Hurt
To celebrate World Philosophy Day, here are four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt.
Video: French Police Introduce Some Thugs To Their Batons
after that young people (i should say "scumes") made fun of them and one of them kicked a policeman few seconds before the closing of the train's door
Sure looked like fun.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Google Adds Themes To Gmail
For some time Firefox extensions have allowed users to redesign GMail but now Google has released some official themes that allow you to jazz up the interface. There are 30-odd themes available that can be access through Settings.
At the moment, the themes are being rolled out so you may not be able to see the option yet. More at the Official Gmail Blog. [via]
Video: Prince on the Price is Right
I can't stop watching this clip!
Video: Spacewalker Drops Tool Bag
A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag after a grease gun inside it burst, and watched as the kit floated away.
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen were taking part in the first of four spacewalks of the Space Shuttle Endeavour's current mission to the International Space Station.
Video: Penguin Finds Safety From Killer Whales On Small Boat
It's a good job the whales didn't follow the penguin. That boat didn't look too big.
Video: How To Prevent Airline Seats From Reclining
Personally, I never recline my seat because I don't want to annoy the person behind but then I lose out because the person in front decides that they want to recline and put their feet up to watch an in-flight movie.
This happened to me the last time I flew and it wasn't until halfway through the flight that the woman decided to put her seat up a bit after she saw my legs wrapped around it. It didn't last long before she had fully reclined again.
Are you a recliner?
[via]
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Google Hosts Millions Of Historic LIFE Magazine Photos
Google have partnered with LIFE magazine to host millions of their images ranging from the 1750s to the present day, many of which have never been published before.
Video: Directing Traffic, Angolan Style
I'm not sure if this man is a performance artist or a policeman.
Video: 'Happy' Girl Streaks At Lithuanian Basketball Game
Apparently she did it because 'she was happy'. (NSFW)
Woman Wakes Up During Surgery
An Australian woman who was undergoing stomach surgery, woke up halfway through but was unable to alert doctors.
Rebecca Jones, 24, said she could feel every cut of the surgeon's knife during the operation last month but was unable to scream or open her eyes. She was able to move a hand but the movement was ignored.
She is considering legal action. Link
Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian E-Mail Scam
An Oregon woman who was duped by a Nigerian scam is $400,000 out of pocket.
Janella Spears says she became curious when she received an e-mail promising her $20.5 million if she would only help out a long-lost relative identified as J.B. Spears with a little money up front.
The fact that the scammers had identified a relative by name was enough to persuade her to first send $100 and then thousands more over a period of 2 years. Link
Video: Extreme Kayaking Down The UK's Tallest Dam
The dam looks like it was built for kayaking!
First Image Of The Earth From The Moon
Pictured above is the first image ever taken of the Earth from the Moon. The image was taken in 1966 by Lunar Orbiter 1, about two years before the Apollo 8 crew took this more famous colour photo. [via]
The Lego Minifig Timeline
Gizmodo has created a timeline showing almost every Lego mini-figure ever created starting with the first in 1978.
Get ZoneAlarm Pro Free
To celebrate its birthday, Checkpoint Software is giving away the pro version of ZoneAlarm absolutely free for 24 hours. To get download the software visit this link before 6am PST tomorrow morning (2pm GMT).
I used to use ZoneAlarm a long long time ago but didn't get on too well with it. I'm sure it has improved since then and it was rated as one of the top five firewalls by the readers of Lifehacker. [via]
Monday, November 17, 2008
50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography
Smashing Magazine has compiled 50 beautiful examples of tilt-shift photography including these sumo wrestlers which look almost indistinguishable from a model.
Video: Chain Surfing
This guy is good!
Video: Merlin Mann on Maximising Your Time
A 35-minute presentation by Merlin Mann on time management and productivity.
There are some great tips in this presentation in particular using email subject lines better. I'm going to make it my mission to improve my subject lines as I put absolutely no effort into subject lines, especially when having a conversation via email. [via]
Peering Into The Micro World
Boston.com has posted a lot of photos of very small things, including these squid suckers which look as though they are individual creatures ready to grab onto anything with their fangs.
San Francisco Artist Looks To Replace Lost Eyeball With Webcam
A San Francisco artist, who lost an eye in a 2005 car accident, wants to replace her missing eye with a Web cam, and experts think it could be possible.
"There have been all sorts of cyborgs in science fiction for a long time, and I'm sort of a sci-fi geek," said [Tanya] Vlach, 35. "With the advancement of technology, I thought, 'Why not?'"
Inmate Escapes German Jail In Box
An inmate from a German jail has escaped by mailing himself out of inside a cardboard box.
The 42-year-old Turkish citizen - who was serving a seven-year sentence - had been making stationery with other prisoners destined for the shops.
At the end of his shift, the inmate climbed into a cardboard box and was taken out of prison by express courier. His whereabouts are still unknown.
The prison authorities in Willich, near Duesseldorf, said the man, who was tall and broad-shouldered, had hidden in a box that was about 150cm by 120cm.
When the weekly express courier arrived to pick up several boxes of merchandise, the one containing the prisoner was also loaded into the back of the lorry.
Shortly after it had passed through the prison gates, the inmate made his dash for freedom by cutting a big hole in the tarpaulin of the lorry and jumping off.
The driver alerted the police after he noticed the tarpaulin flapping in the breeze.
Mountain Goat
If he's not careful he'll have to take the zipline down like these sheep.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Video: Highest Waterfall Dive
A man has broken the record for the highest waterfall dive earning himself a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
Di Huanran achieved his record dive of 12.19m by launching himself into the spray from Diaoshuilou waterfall in Mundanjiang City, China.
Guinness say the record was set Sunday 5 October in honour of the organisation's World Records Day. Link
Space Shuttle Endeavor Night Time Launch
The stats and speeds involved are mind-blowing.
Friday, November 14, 2008
The Dog Files - Tips On Photographing Your Dog
I came across The Dog Files on the latest episode of Net @ Night (the site's creator is interviewed on the show) and whilst I don't have a dog, the latest episode about how to photograph dogs was very interesting. The episode features a professional photographer, and dog lover, who shares some tips on how to get great photos of your dog even with just a point 'n' shoot camera.
High Quality YouTube Video Hack
Jason Kottke has a great tutorial on how to link, embed and save YouTube in high quality.
Video: Pilot Lands Plane On 2 Wheels
This pilot managed to land that plane better than some do with 3 wheels.
