Have a look at the growht of the International Space Station from 1998 until 2008. In just ten years it has grown and grown and grown. This is a brilliant animation by USA Today. Click on the graphic below to go to the animation.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Animation: Space Station growth between 1998-2008
Have a look at the growht of the International Space Station from 1998 until 2008. In just ten years it has grown and grown and grown. This is a brilliant animation by USA Today. Click on the graphic below to go to the animation.
Black students late because slaves were late says professor
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Mean mom sells kid's toys on eBay
Here is the mom's original eBay posting:
"We are selling 8 Beyblades, 2 of them light up. As you can tell they are not happy about this! They have been using their bathtub as a "battle arena" and Beyblades + Bathtub = Destruction!!! With the metal ones they managed to scrape the enamel off the tub, take a chunk of tub out and break off the soap holder. SO if you "win" this auction DON'T play with in a bathtub!!! We have recieved a quote of $500.00 to replace the tub, some tiles, and soap holder + labor of course! They had approxamently $125.67 in their piggy banks that will be going to toward the cost. We will use the profit from this auction towards the balance and then it is onto other toys!"
Related articles
- Mom makes good on "I'll sell your toys" threat (timesunion.com)
- 9 Ridiculous eBay Auctions (PICTURES) (huffingtonpost.com)
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Texas preparing to give college students and profs the right to carry guns on campus
Image via WikipediaRepublican Gov. Rick Perry, who sometimes packs a pistol when he jogs, has said he's all for of the idea. Supporters of the bill say this will allow students to shoot back when a wacko starts to shoot up the campus ... or I suppose, when that football player steals your babe.
World's largest family: 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren
Meet Ziona Chana, head of the largest family in the world. 181 members to be exact. They all live in a large four-story mansion in India and the women sleep in dorms. Ziona keeps the youngest wives closest to him and why not. Read more in the SUN.
Ultra-violent video game mimics Mexican drug violence
An ultra-violent video game that is set in the Mexican border town Ciuada Juraraz has officials up in arms. It's not surprising given that they are busy trying to fight the real crime the game mimics. 6,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Ciudad Juarez in 2009/10 making it one of the deadliest cities in the world.
Game creator Ubisoft Entertainment says the game is due for release this summer. The game's promotional slogan tells players to, "Take justice into your own hands and experience the lawlessness of the modern Wild West." Mexican politician Ricardo Boone Salmon, said the state legislature unanimously approved a request this week asking the federal Interior Department to ban the game.
Brazilian clown-congressman screws up first vote
Opposition leader Duarte Nogueira, was happy for the unexpected support, although the government still won the vote.
"I went and thanked him -- after all, it's the support of the deputy who won the most votes in Brazil," he was quoted as saying by the Agencia Estado news agency.
A clown is a clown is a clown. Never vote for a clown!
Video: Chinese TV uses clip from Top Gun as Chinese Air Force in news broadcast
Chinese TV. Fraud. So hard to imagine. Well, it looks Chinese Central Television grabbed a couple of clips from the Tom Cruise movie Top Gun and used it in a news broadcast about the Chinese air force. The clip is supposed to show a J-10 fighter firing a missile at another aircraft during a practice exercise, but it looks an awful lot like Tom Cruise's Top Gun action. No surprise, I suppose. The real question: What are the Scientologists doing about it!
Apple tells company to stop selling Steve Jobs action figures again
M.I.C. Gadget tried in November 2010 to sell a Steve Jobs action figure. Apple said no, no an slapped them with a cease-and-desist order. Well, M.I.C. tried it again. This time they appear to have taken the left over Jobs action figures put a Ninja mask on and renamed it Pineapple CEO. Apple was not amused and has hit them again with a cease-and-desist order. Nice try guys.
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Hackers warn wacky Westboro Baptist Church – stop the hate or get hacked
The hacker group "Anonymous" has warned the wacky and hateful Westboro Baptist Church to stop its inflammatory protests or "the damage incurred will be irreversible" .... "neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover". The church, led by Rev. Fred Phelps, is known for its anti-gay protests at funerals of military servicemen sporting signs that celebrate deaths of the soldiers with signs such as, "God Hates the USA" or "Thank God for 9/11."
The church operates the website godhatesfags.com.
Anonymous was recently in the news it hacked the computer system of a security firm and posted thousands of document that described plans to attack WikiLeaks, the Bank of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Watch more about these nutters (and I mean the church not the hackers):
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Video: Very cool – how books were make in the old days
This is a fun video to watch. Reminds us of the world way before the Kindle.
New $40 lightbulb replaces $1 bulb
•A conventional 60-watt bulb lasts about 1,000 hours, uses 60 watts of electricity and costs $180 to run for 25,000 hours.
•The LED equivalent lasts 25,000 hours uses 12.5 watts and costs $37.50 to run for 25,000 hours.
Well it makes sense, sort of, but my skeptic's nose tells me that people won't be buying into a $40 bulb in a big way. The green $39.00 in the pocket will win out for the time being on this one – at least for the average consumer.
Photos: Great vintage 3-D movie posters
3-D is the rage right now, but it's been the rage before. Have a look at the twenty-five vintage 3-D movie posters that holytaco.com has put together. Click here to see them all.
Graphic: The most simplest and most complicated countries to file taxes in
Check out this graphic from GOOD on the countries with the simplest and most complicated (and most expensive) tax filing systems. The United States ranked 64th of183 countries surveyed.
Why we just don't apply a flat tax across the board, instead of creating huge taxation bureaucracies is something I'll never understand. Corporations have huge accounting and legal departments dedicated to avoiding taxation – a huge waste of resources, that roughly delivers the same revenue to the government that a flat tax rate would.
Justin Bieber's best quote from Rolling Stone interview
Because I know you really wanted to know. Let's remember that this is from a sixteen-year-old kid. Here they are:
HEALTH CARE: “Canada's the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard's baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby's premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.”
ABORTION FROM RAPE: “Um. Well, I think that's really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I guess I haven't been in that position, so I wouldn't be able to judge that.”
POLITICS: “I'm not sure about the parties. But whatever they have in Korea, that's bad.”
HOMOSEXUALITY: "It's everyone's own decision to do that. It doesn't affect me and shouldn't affect anyone else."
Outrage over photographer's threats to sue over use of dead girl's photo
Image via Wikipedia"A photographer threatening to sue media outlets for running his photograph of Christina-Taylor Green, the little girl murdered in the rampage where Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot, is facing a massive backlash and calls for a boycott.
Jon Wolf’s actions have enraged so many people that a Facebook page has been started to boycott his business after he hired a lawyer and threatened to sue and collect big money from media outlets running a photograph of nine-year-old shooting victim Christina-Taylor Green."
While I fully understand the photographer holds the copyright and is fully justified legally in seeking payment, it's definitly a case of bad judgement on his part to pursue this when it involves the death of a child. Read the entire story on Radar Online here.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Egyptian army now on Facebook. Will you be their friend?
They rule the country and now they even have their own Facebook page. The Higher Military Council has launched its own Arabic-language page. Have a look:
Video: "Big Yank" jeans from the 1970's - Just bizarre!
Worth a look at this weird, weird vintage commerical for Big Yank jeans:
Acid Test poster by Hell's Angel artist "GUT" – bidding at $15,750.00
Where do we begin? Have you passed the Acid Test? Here we have one of the most sought after psychedelic posters by serious, deep collectors. This is The Acid Test Graduation, an October 31st Halloween celebration of the mind, featuring Ken Kesey & his Merry Pranksters, Neil Cassidy & the Grateful Dead. (While the Grateful Dead is actually listed on the poster, they did not play here. Instead they played at California Hall). Footage of this Acid Test & others can now be seen on DVD. This poster was printed with florescent day-glo inks, very apropos of the time. It was designed by the Hells Angels artist, GUT. The ORIGINAL printing, offered here, measures 20" x 12". It is in remarkable Near Mint condition, a 1.5 on our grading scale, with just a touch of handling and a couple of soft corners. We expect some fierce bidding for this historic poster. In the past, lesser copies have fetched in excess of $15,000. Rarely, do clean copies such as this emerge. So, have you passed the Acid Test? Well, have you? Call us, S.F. Rock Posters at 1-800-949-1965 or 415-956-6749 with any specific questions.
Video: Lady Gaga is gaga over 10-year-old girl
Maria Aragon, 10, of Winnipeg, Canada posted a YouTube video of herself playing keyboard and singing a cover of Lady Gaga's latest song, Born This Way. She's now become an internet celeb when Lady Gaga had this to say on Twitter about her: "Can't stop crying watching this. This is why I make music. She is the future." Lady Gaga has 8.2 million Twitter followers.
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